Rankings & Projections Summary

Highlights from our predictive power ratings and simulations of currently scheduled games.

Rank Rating Team Proj W Proj L Playoffs Champ
1 9.2
Milwaukee (53-12)
 66.3 15.7 100.0% 52.7%
2 6.8
LA Lakers (49-14)
 63.1 18.9 100.0% 18.3%
3 6.1
LA Clippers (44-20)
 56.8 25.2 100.0% 9.8%
4 4.9
Boston (43-21)
 54.9 27.1 100.0% 4.7%
5 4.8
Toronto (46-18)
 57.7 24.3 100.0% 5.6%
6 4.4
Dallas (40-27)
 49.1 32.9 100.0% 2.4%
7 3.9
Houston (40-24)
 51.1 30.9 100.0% 1.9%
8 3.4
Utah (41-23)
 51.8 30.2 100.0% 1.4%
9 3.1
Denver (43-22)
 52.6 29.4 100.0% 1.2%
10 2.5
Philadelphia (39-26)
 49.8 32.2 100.0% 0.6%
11 2.2
Miami (41-24)
 51.2 30.8 100.0% 0.6%
12 2.2
Okla City (40-24)
 50.2 31.8 100.0% 0.5%
13 1.5
Indiana (39-26)
 48.4 33.6 100.0% 0.2%
14 0.3
New Orleans (28-36)
 38.3 43.7 37.8% 0.0%
15 -0.7
Portland (29-37)
 37.0 45.0 11.4% 0.0%
16 -0.7
Orlando (30-35)
 39.1 42.9 100.0% 0.0%
17 -0.8
San Antonio (27-36)
 36.3 45.7 10.5% 0.0%
18 -1.0
Brooklyn (30-34)
 38.2 43.8 99.7% 0.0%
19 -1.2
Sacramento (28-36)
 36.5 45.5 11.5% 0.0%
20 -1.5
Memphis (32-33)
 38.3 43.7 28.7% 0.0%
21 -1.6
Phoenix (26-39)
 32.8 49.2 0.1% 0.0%
22 -3.3
Minnesota (19-45)
 25.8 56.2 0.0% 0.0%
23 -3.8
Chicago (22-43)
 27.2 54.8 0.0% 0.0%
24 -4.0
Detroit (20-46)
 25.4 56.6 0.0% 0.0%
25 -4.7
Washington (24-40)
 29.1 52.9 0.2% 0.0%
26 -5.8
Golden State (15-50)
 20.1 61.9 0.0% 0.0%
27 -6.2
New York (21-45)
 26.0 56.0 0.0% 0.0%
28 -6.2
Charlotte (23-42)
 28.5 53.5 0.0% 0.0%
29 -6.5
Atlanta (20-47)
 25.2 56.8 0.0% 0.0%
30 -7.3
Cleveland (19-46)
 23.2 58.8 0.0% 0.0%