| Rank | Last Week | Change | Team |
W-L (ATS) |
Power Rating | Team Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 |
|
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66-15 (47-33-1) |
-15 |
Golden State Back in Week 4, the Warriors ascended to to the top of these rankings. Holding onto that spot for 21 consecutive weeks is beyond impressive. |
| 2 | 3 |
 1 |
|
55-26 (41-38-2) |
-13.5 |
San Antonio With the playoffs upon us, the Spurs' actual rating spikes and they, not the Clippers, are likely the biggest threat to wreck Golden State's dream season. |
| 3 | 2 |
 1 |
|
56-26 (37-44-1) |
-13 |
L.A. Clippers Closed the regular season on a 14-1 run including a perfect 7-0 mark in April. The only loss was to the Warriors. Getting the 2-seed would be huge. |
| 4 | 5 |
1 |
|
52-29 (39-42-0) |
-11.5 |
Cleveland The favorites in the East cannot match Atlanta's YTD point differential, but over the last quarter of the season, the Cavs' number is almost twice as large. |
| 5 | 4 |
1 |
|
60-21 (50-29-2) |
-10.5 |
Atlanta Atlanta Losing Thabo Sefalosha is huge for the Hawks, who can at least claim the title of "best ATS team" in the league. |
| 6 | 6 |
|
|
51-30 (40-40-1) |
-10 |
Portland They won't have homecourt advantage in the first round of the playoffs, so I'm saying that no matter the opponent, they'll lose that series in seven games. |
| 7 | 7 |
|
|
55-26 (47-34-0) |
-8.7 |
Houston Injuries have also taken a toll on the Rockets, who barely have a positive scoring differential in conference play (just +0.5 PPG). |
| 8 | 8 |
|
|
54-27 (39-40-2) |
-8.6 |
Memphis More injury woes here as the Grizzlies enter their final game at 4-6 SU L10 with just one win over a playoff team. |
| 9 | 11 |
2 |
|
49-32 (38-43-0) |
-8.5 |
Chicago The Bulls are the second round matchup that neither the Cavs nor Hawks want, though they are just 1-5 SU against those two teams entering the regular season finale (vs. Atlanta). |
| 10 | 10 |
|
|
48-33 (37-43-1) |
-8.4 |
Toronto Five of the Raptors last six games (entering Weds) have been decided by five points or less (1-4 ATS), so be wary of this team as a favorite. |
| 11 | 9 |
2 |
|
49-32 (35-44-2) |
-8.2 |
Dallas Coming into the final regular season game, the Mavs are 0-6 ATS after playing three straight road games. At least they won't face that situation in the playoffs. |
| 12 | 12 |
|
|
44-37 (38-41-2) |
-7.3 |
Oklahoma City Whether or not the Thunder actually make the playoffs, it's safe to say they were overvalued down the stretch (1-6 ATS in April). |
| 13 | 13 |
|
|
44-37 (44-37-0) |
-6.1 |
New Orleans As a home dog, the Pelicans are 9-3 SU/9-2-1 ATS going into the final regular season game vs. San Antonio, which they will most likely have to win outright. |
| 14 | 14 |
|
|
46-35 (32-46-3) |
-6 |
Washington Not factoring in what happens against Cleveland on Wednesday, the Wizards are just 13-20 SU vs. teams with winning records, including 4-12 the last 16. |
| 15 | 15 |
|
|
41-40 (46-34-1) |
-5.5 |
Milwaukee Jason Kidd is the only coach in league history to take two different franchises to the playoffs in his first year on the job. |
| 16 | 17 |
1 |
|
38-43 (42-36-3) |
-5.1 |
Indiana The Eastern Conference playoffs would be a lot tougher if the Pacers make it in instead of the Nets. |
| 17 | 16 |
1 |
|
38-43 (44-34-3) |
-5 |
Utah For the first time in years, a Jazz season ends with optimism. They went 21-12 SU/20-13 ATS the last 33 games. |
| 18 | 19 |
1 |
|
39-42 (48-32-1) |
-4.6 |
Boston Over the past three months, few teams have been better than the Celtics. Seriously. |
| 19 | 18 |
1 |
|
39-43 (42-37-3) |
-3.6 |
Phoenix As expected, things went south soon after the Goran Dragic trade. They lost 10 of their final 11 games. |
| 20 | 20 |
|
|
31-50 (41-40-0) |
-3.2 |
Detroit A last place finish was not what the Motor City faithful were looking for, but SVG should have them improved next season. |
| 21 | 22 |
1 |
|
36-45 (34-43-4) |
-1.8 |
Miami Dwyane Wade can no longer carry a team and without LeBron the Heat ranked in the bottom three in the league in points, rebounds and assists. |
| 22 | 23 |
1 |
|
37-44 (38-41-2) |
-1.6 |
Brooklyn If the Nets do get into the playoffs, they'd be one of the weakest qualifiers by the rankings since I started doing them three years ago. |
| 23 | 21 |
2 |
|
33-48 (38-41-2) |
-1.4 |
Charlotte Everything fell apart late in the season, and no Mr. Jordan, you playing would not have made things any better. |
| 24 | 25 |
1 |
|
30-51 (35-43-3) |
-1 |
Denver I say it's time for a total teardown here with a new coach. The Nuggets, as presently constructed, have no shot at competing in the Western Conference. |
| 25 | 24 |
1 |
|
28-53 (32-46-3) |
-0.5 |
Sacramento A loss in the final game would make it six straight non-lockout seasons with at least 54 losses for the Kings, who have now gone nearly a decade since last making the playoffs. |
| 26 | 26 |
|
|
25-56 (41-39-1) |
2 |
Orlando It was pretty early in the year when I said we had a clear cut bottom five in the league. The Magic "lead" that group and really need to "hit" on their next draft pick. |
| 27 | 27 |
|
|
21-60 (36-40-5) |
3 |
L.A. Lakers Sure, Laker diehards will point to the loss of Kobe Bryant, but this team wound up being every bit as bad as I'd thought they'd be. |
| 28 | 28 |
|
|
16-65 (35-45-1) |
5 |
Minnesota The T-Wolves are doing their best to tank as assuming they lose their final game, they will finish with the worst record in the league. |
| 29 | 29 |
|
|
18-63 (40-39-2) |
5.5 |
Philadelphia After opening the year with 17 straight losses, there's a chance the Sixers could close on a 10-game losing streak. But hey, in between they went 18-37! |
| 30 | 30 |
|
|
17-64 (33-45-3) |
6 |
New York Before the season, the Knicks were projected to win 40 games. I'm not making that up. |
