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	46	12	62	20	70-12	52-30	100.0	100.0	97.5	31.6	13.5	1.5*
Toronto	37	21	53	29	62-20	42-40	100.0	100.0	1.8	18.4	6.5	0.0
Cleveland	37	23	52	30	60-22	39-43	100.0	59.7	0.6	26.0	11.5	0.0
Chicago	37	22	51	31	59-23	41-41	100.0	35.7	0.1	13.4	4.3	0.0
Milwaukee	32	26	46	36	56-26	37-45	99.8	4.6	0.0	6.0	1.5	0.0
Washington	33	26	45	37	54-28	35-47	99.7	0.0	0.0	1.5	0.3	0.0
Miami	25	32	36	46	47-35	27-55	47.7	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.6
Indiana	24	34	36	46	46-36	26-56	47.4	0.0	0.0	1.2	0.2	0.8
Detroit	23	35	34	48	44-38	25-57	27.5	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.0	1.5
Brooklyn	23	33	35	47	45-37	24-58	27.1	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0*
Charlotte	23	33	34	48	45-37	25-57	25.5	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0	1.8
Boston	23	33	34	48	45-37	24-58	25.2	0.0	0.0	0.7	0.0	1.8*
Orlando	19	41	27	55	37-45	19-63	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	7.8
Philadelphia	13	45	19	63	29-53	13-69	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	19.6
New York	11	46	17	65	29-53	11-71	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	22.3

Western Conference Conference
	ACTUAL		PROJECTED				ODDS (%)
TEAM	W	L	W	L	BEST	WORST	PLAYOFFS	DIV	NO.1	FINALS	CHAMP	LOTTERY
Golden State	45	11	63	19	71-11	53-29	100.0	99.2	89.2	40.6	29.0	0.0
Memphis	41	16	57	25	66-16	47-35	100.0	70.2	9.6	14.9	8.6	0.0
Houston	40	18	54	28	64-18	44-38	99.9	21.8	0.4	6.6	3.2	0.0
LA Clippers	38	21	53	29	60-22	44-38	99.8	0.8	0.4	16.0	10.1	0.0*
Dallas	39	21	52	30	61-21	43-39	99.4	7.3	0.0	8.2	4.5	0.0
Portland	38	19	52	30	61-21	42-40	99.3	88.1	0.3	6.3	3.0	0.0
San Antonio	35	23	48	34	58-24	37-45	87.4	0.6	0.0	2.4	1.1	0.2
Oklahoma City	32	27	47	35	55-27	36-46	81.5	11.9	0.0	4.5	2.4	0.2
New Orleans	31	27	42	40	51-31	33-49	20.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.1	0.5
Phoenix	31	28	41	41	51-31	32-50	12.4	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.5
Utah	22	35	35	47	44-38	25-57	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.6
Sacramento	20	36	30	52	41-41	21-61	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.8
Denver	20	38	28	54	38-44	21-61	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	6.5
LA Lakers	16	41	24	58	34-48	16-66	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	12.0
Minnesota	13	44	21	61	33-49	13-69	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	16.3

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