Hollinger's 2014-15 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 Conference
	ACTUAL		PROJECTED				ODDS (%)
TEAM	W	L	W	L	BEST	WORST	PLAYOFFS	DIV	NO.1	FINALS	CHAMP	LOTTERY
Atlanta	42	9	64	18	73-9	52-30	100.0	100.0	98.5	45.6	18.0	2.1*
Toronto	34	17	53	29	62-20	39-43	100.0	100.0	1.3	14.6	3.4	0.0
Cleveland	31	21	49	33	59-23	38-44	100.0	48.8	0.0	16.2	4.8	0.0
Chicago	30	20	48	34	59-23	36-46	99.9	32.8	0.1	6.8	1.1	0.0
Washington	31	20	48	34	59-23	37-45	99.9	0.0	0.0	4.9	0.7	0.0
Milwaukee	27	23	47	35	57-25	35-47	99.7	18.4	0.0	8.3	1.8	0.0
Charlotte	22	27	39	43	51-31	26-56	72.3	0.0	0.0	1.9	0.2	0.2
Miami	21	29	35	47	47-35	24-58	38.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.9
Detroit	20	31	34	48	45-37	23-59	27.6	0.0	0.0	0.7	0.0	1.6
Brooklyn	21	28	34	48	47-35	23-59	24.6	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0*
Boston	19	30	33	49	45-37	22-60	21.0	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.0	2.2*
Indiana	19	32	33	49	44-38	20-62	16.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.8
Orlando	16	37	27	55	37-45	17-65	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	7.1
New York	10	40	20	62	32-50	10-72	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	17.8
Philadelphia	11	40	19	63	30-52	11-71	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	19.0

Western Conference Conference
	ACTUAL		PROJECTED				ODDS (%)
TEAM	W	L	W	L	BEST	WORST	PLAYOFFS	DIV	NO.1	FINALS	CHAMP	LOTTERY
Golden State	39	9	65	17	72-10	53-29	100.0	99.1	93.2	56.1	45.2	0.0
Memphis	37	13	57	25	69-13	45-37	99.9	61.0	5.6	11.2	6.4	0.0
LA Clippers	33	18	53	29	63-19	41-41	99.1	0.9	0.6	12.7	8.0	0.0*
Houston	35	15	53	29	63-19	42-40	98.4	19.5	0.2	3.4	1.5	0.0
Dallas	34	18	53	29	62-20	41-41	98.1	15.5	0.2	8.3	5.1	0.0
Portland	34	16	52	30	63-19	40-42	98.0	94.9	0.1	4.1	1.8	0.0
San Antonio	32	18	50	32	61-21	37-45	87.3	3.7	0.0	2.3	1.0	0.1
New Orleans	27	23	45	37	55-27	33-49	54.6	0.2	0.0	0.8	0.3	0.3
Oklahoma City	25	25	44	38	54-28	31-51	33.8	5.1	0.0	1.0	0.4	0.4
Phoenix	29	23	43	39	54-28	32-50	30.7	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.1	0.3
Utah	17	33	33	49	45-37	21-61	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.4
Denver	19	32	30	52	41-41	20-62	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.7
Sacramento	17	31	29	53	43-39	18-64	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	5.8
LA Lakers	13	37	24	58	35-47	14-68	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	12.4
Minnesota	10	40	18	64	30-52	10-72	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	19.9

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
• * Boston holds the rights to the L.A. Clippers' first-round draft pick