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	44	12	62	20	69-13	51-31	100.0	100.0	94.7	26.8	9.8	1.2*
Toronto	37	20	54	28	62-20	42-40	100.0	100.0	4.0	19.8	7.3	0.0
Chicago	36	21	52	30	60-22	41-41	100.0	52.5	0.7	17.1	5.7	0.0
Cleveland	36	22	51	31	60-22	40-42	100.0	43.8	0.6	25.5	10.1	0.0
Washington	33	24	46	36	56-26	36-46	100.0	0.0	0.0	2.9	0.7	0.0
Milwaukee	31	25	46	36	56-26	36-46	99.9	3.7	0.0	5.1	1.2	0.0
Indiana	23	34	36	46	46-36	26-56	52.8	0.0	0.0	1.2	0.3	0.8
Miami	24	31	36	46	47-35	26-56	40.9	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.9
Detroit	23	34	35	47	45-37	25-57	36.7	0.0	0.0	0.9	0.2	1.0
Brooklyn	23	31	35	47	47-35	23-59	30.6	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0*
Boston	21	33	34	48	46-36	24-58	22.6	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	2.1*
Charlotte	22	32	33	49	44-38	24-58	16.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.6
Orlando	19	39	27	55	37-45	20-62	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	7.2
Philadelphia	12	44	19	63	30-52	12-70	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	18.9
New York	10	45	18	64	28-54	10-72	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	20.9

Western Conference Conference
	ACTUAL		PROJECTED				ODDS (%)
TEAM	W	L	W	L	BEST	WORST	PLAYOFFS	DIV	NO.1	FINALS	CHAMP	LOTTERY
Golden State	44	10	64	18	72-10	53-29	100.0	98.2	86.4	41.1	31.4	0.0
Memphis	41	14	58	24	67-15	47-35	100.0	78.7	12.4	15.0	9.2	0.0
LA Clippers	37	20	54	28	62-20	44-38	99.9	1.8	0.8	19.2	12.2	0.0*
Houston	38	18	53	29	63-19	44-38	99.5	13.9	0.3	5.1	2.4	0.0
Dallas	39	20	52	30	61-21	41-41	99.2	6.4	0.0	6.7	3.4	0.0
Portland	36	19	51	31	62-20	41-41	98.6	82.3	0.1	4.3	1.9	0.0
San Antonio	34	22	49	33	58-24	39-43	92.6	1.1	0.0	3.4	1.3	0.0
Oklahoma City	32	25	47	35	56-26	37-45	85.5	17.7	0.0	5.1	2.8	0.1
New Orleans	29	27	42	40	52-30	32-50	17.2	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.3
Phoenix	29	28	40	42	50-32	31-51	7.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.4
Utah	21	34	36	46	46-36	25-57	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.9
Sacramento	19	35	29	53	41-41	20-62	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.9
Denver	20	36	29	53	39-43	20-62	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	6.3
LA Lakers	14	41	23	59	34-48	14-68	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	14.0
Minnesota	12	43	20	62	30-52	12-70	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	17.5

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