Hollinger's 2013-14 NBA Playoff Odds

Hollinger's NBA Playoff Odds are based on the Hollinger Power Rankings, designed by John Hollinger.

The Hollinger Power Rankings are a measure of each team's performance in the season so far. Based on those rankings, each day the computer plays out the remainder of the season 5,000 times to see the potential range of projected outcomes. The results reveal the most likely win-loss record for each team -- and what the odds are for each team to make the NBA playoffs, win the NBA title, win the lottery, and so on.
For more on how the system works and what it means, see Hollinger's explanation.
Hollinger's NBA Playoff Odds are updated automatically each night.

Eastern Conference
	ACTUAL		PROJECTED				ODDS (%)
TEAM	W	L	W	L	BEST	WORST	PLAYOFFS	DIV	NO.1	FINALS	CHAMP	LOTTERY
Indiana	52	22	57	25	61-21	52-30	100.0	100.0	59.6	20.4	4.8	0.0
Miami	50	22	57	25	60-22	51-31	100.0	100.0	40.4	38.7	11.9	0.0
Toronto	42	31	48	34	51-31	42-40	100.0	93.0	0.0	14.9	3.0	0.0
Chicago	41	32	46	36	50-32	40-42	100.0	0.0	0.0	10.0	1.9	0.0
Brooklyn	39	33	45	37	49-33	39-43	100.0	7.0	0.0	5.8	0.7	0.0*
Washington	38	35	43	39	47-35	38-44	100.0	0.0	0.0	6.1	1.0	0.0
Charlotte	35	38	40	42	44-38	35-47	99.8	0.0	0.0	2.9	0.4	0.0
Atlanta	31	41	36	46	41-41	31-51	88.8	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.2*
New York	31	43	33	49	39-43	30-52	7.0	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0*
Cleveland	30	45	33	49	37-45	29-53	4.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.5
Detroit	26	47	29	53	34-48	26-56	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.1
Boston	23	50	27	55	33-49	23-59	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	8.0
Orlando	21	53	24	58	30-52	21-61	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	13.8
Philadelphia	16	57	17	65	22-60	16-66	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	21.8
Milwaukee	14	59	16	66	22-60	14-68	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	23.8

Western Conference
	ACTUAL		PROJECTED				ODDS (%)
TEAM	W	L	W	L	BEST	WORST	PLAYOFFS	DIV	NO.1	FINALS	CHAMP	LOTTERY
San Antonio	57	16	63	19	66-16	58-24	100.0	100.0	93.3	37.4	31.1	0.0
Oklahoma City	54	19	59	23	63-19	53-29	100.0	99.9	6.6	9.6	6.5	0.0
LA Clippers	52	22	58	24	60-22	53-29	100.0	99.9	0.1	26.3	20.7	0.0
Houston	49	23	56	26	59-23	49-33	100.0	0.0	0.0	12.5	8.8	0.0
Portland	48	27	53	29	55-27	47-35	99.7	0.1	0.0	4.9	3.0	0.0
Golden State	45	28	51	31	55-27	46-36	99.6	0.0	0.0	4.8	3.4	0.0*
Memphis	43	30	49	33	53-29	44-38	74.7	0.0	0.0	2.0	1.1	0.1
Dallas	44	30	48	34	52-30	44-38	67.9	0.0	0.0	1.5	0.8	0.1
Phoenix	44	30	48	34	53-29	44-38	58.0	0.0	0.0	1.1	0.7	0.3
Minnesota	36	36	42	40	47-35	36-46	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.4
New Orleans	32	41	35	47	40-42	32-50	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.6
Denver	32	41	35	47	41-41	32-50	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0*
Sacramento	25	48	28	54	33-49	25-57	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	5.6
LA Lakers	25	48	26	56	32-50	24-58	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	8.8
Utah	23	51	26	56	31-51	23-59	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	9.8*

Glossary

• W: Average number of wins from 5,000 computer-simulated seasons, based on the Hollinger Power Rankings
• L: Average number of losses from simulated seasons
• BEST: Best record from simulated seasons
• WORST: Worst record from simulated seasons
• PLAYOFFS: Likelihood of making the playoffs
• DIV: Likelihood of winning the division
• NO.1: Likelihood of holding the top seed for the conference
• FINALS: Likelihood of making the NBA Finals
• CHAMP: Likelihood of winning the NBA title
• LOTTERY: Likelihood of winning the lottery
• * Atlanta holds the right to swap first-round draft picks with Brooklyn
• * Denver holds the rights to New York's first-round draft pick
• * Utah holds the rights to Golden State's first-round draft pick