NBA Rankings - 10 Jan

Oklahoma City has been one of the coldest teams over the past few weeks, barely above .500 during that period, but most of the teams that were close to them have also been cold, and the Thunder's lead was big enough that they are still by far the top team in the league in my current rankings. The hottest team as of late has been the Clippers, who have won 8 of their last 10, and are now projected to reach the final play-in spot. Here are my full current rankings and playoff picks:

				Record		Proj
Rank	LW	Team	Rating	W	L	W	L	Seed
1	1	Oklahoma City	-10.01	32	7	66	16	W1
2	2	Houston	-6.793	22	13	56	26	W2
3	6	Detroit	-5.579	28	9	59	23	E1
4	7	Boston	-5.371	24	13	55	27	E2
5	5	San Antonio	-4.696	26	11	55	27	W3
6	3	Denver	-4.384	25	13	53	29	W4
7	4	New York	-3.947	24	14	52	30	E3
8	9	Minnesota	-3.644	25	13	51	31	W5
9	13	Phoenix	-2.912	23	15	49	33	W6
10	10	Miami	-2.53	20	17	47	34	E4
11	11	Golden State	-1.986	21	18	45	37	W8
12	16	Cleveland	-1.676	21	18	46	36	E5
13	15	Philadelphia	-1.535	21	15	46	36	E6
14	14	Toronto	-1.347	23	16	46	36	E7
15	8	Orlando	-0.867	21	18	44	38	E8
16	18	Atlanta	-0.02	19	21	41	41	E9
17	12	LA Lakers	0.215	23	13	45	37	W7
18	19	Portland	0.816	19	20	40	42	W9
19	24	LA Clippers	0.983	14	23	36	46	W10
20	17	Memphis	1.253	16	22	36	46	OUT
21	21	Charlotte	2.237	13	25	31	51
22	22	Milwaukee	2.404	17	21	35	47	E10
23	20	Dallas	3.633	14	24	30	52
24	23	Chicago	3.94	17	20	33	48	OUT
25	27	Brooklyn	4.717	11	24	27	55
26	25	Utah	4.941	13	24	28	54
27	26	New Orleans	6.423	9	31	21	61
28	29	Indiana	7.953	7	31	18	64
29	28	Sacramento	8.717	8	30	19	63
30	30	Washington	9.141	10	27	19	63

Playoff Picks

Play In

(7) Raptors over (8) Magic

(9) Hawks over (10) Bucks

(8) Magic over (9) Hawks

(8) Warriors over (7) Lakers

(9) Trail Blazers over (10) Clippers

(7) Lakers over (9) Trail Blazers

First Round

(1) Pistons over (8) Magic in 6

(2) Celtics over (7) Raptors in 6

(3) Knicks over (6) 76ers in 6

(4) Heat over (5) Cavaliers in 7

(1) Thunder over (7) Lakers in 4

(2) Rockets over (8) Warriors in 6

(3) Spurs over (6) Suns in 7

(4) Nuggets over (5) Timberwolves in 7

Second Round

(1) Pistons over (4) Heat in 6

(2) Celtics over (3) Knicks in 7

(1) Thunder over (4) Nuggets in 5

(2) Rockets over (3) Spurs in 6

Conference Finals

(1) Pistons over (2) Celtics in 7

(1) Thunder over (2) Rockets in 6

NBA Finals

(1) Thunder over (1) Pistons in 6