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	43	11	63	19	72-10	51-31	100.0	99.9	97.9	41.0	16.0	1.9*
Toronto	36	17	53	29	63-19	40-42	100.0	100.0	1.6	13.8	3.3	0.0
Chicago	33	20	51	31	61-21	40-42	100.0	55.4	0.3	14.3	3.9	0.0
Cleveland	33	21	49	33	59-23	39-43	100.0	33.3	0.1	16.2	4.5	0.0
Washington	33	21	49	33	59-23	38-44	100.0	0.0	0.0	5.6	1.1	0.0
Milwaukee	30	23	47	35	57-25	36-46	100.0	11.3	0.0	7.0	1.6	0.0
Miami	22	30	36	46	47-35	25-57	49.6	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.8
Detroit	21	33	35	47	46-36	23-59	38.6	0.0	0.0	0.9	0.1	1.4
Charlotte	22	30	34	48	46-36	24-58	35.6	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0	1.4
Boston	20	31	34	48	45-37	22-60	28.6	0.0	0.0	0.6	0.0	1.7*
Indiana	21	33	33	49	45-37	23-59	24.0	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0	1.9
Brooklyn	21	31	33	49	46-36	24-58	23.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0*
Orlando	17	39	26	56	38-44	17-65	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	9.3
Philadelphia	12	41	20	62	31-51	12-70	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	18.2
New York	10	43	19	63	31-51	10-72	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	18.9

Western Conference Conference
	ACTUAL		PROJECTED				ODDS (%)
TEAM	W	L	W	L	BEST	WORST	PLAYOFFS	DIV	NO.1	FINALS	CHAMP	LOTTERY
Golden State	42	9	66	16	73-9	54-28	100.0	99.4	93.8	56.8	45.3	0.0
Memphis	39	14	57	25	68-14	45-37	100.0	68.7	5.3	11.2	6.3	0.0
LA Clippers	35	19	53	29	62-20	42-40	99.6	0.6	0.4	11.3	7.2	0.0*
Portland	36	17	53	29	63-19	40-42	99.3	93.0	0.4	4.5	2.3	0.0
Houston	36	17	53	29	64-18	41-41	99.1	17.3	0.0	3.3	1.5	0.0
Dallas	36	19	52	30	62-20	42-40	98.7	11.0	0.0	8.0	4.6	0.0
San Antonio	34	19	49	33	59-23	38-44	91.6	3.0	0.0	2.4	1.0	0.0
Oklahoma City	28	25	45	37	55-27	35-47	64.5	7.0	0.0	2.2	1.0	0.2
New Orleans	27	26	42	40	54-28	30-52	24.5	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.4
Phoenix	29	25	42	40	53-29	32-50	22.5	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.3
Utah	19	34	34	48	47-35	22-60	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.9
Denver	20	33	30	52	42-40	21-61	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.2
Sacramento	18	34	29	53	41-41	19-63	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	5.7
LA Lakers	13	40	23	59	36-46	14-68	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	13.1
Minnesota	11	42	19	63	32-50	11-71	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	18.6

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