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	47	12	62	20	70-12	53-29	100.0	100.0	99.3	30.5	11.4	0.9*
Toronto	37	22	51	31	59-23	42-40	100.0	100.0	0.3	16.3	4.5	0.0
Cleveland	37	24	51	31	58-24	41-41	100.0	56.8	0.2	28.6	10.7	0.0
Chicago	37	23	50	32	59-23	42-40	100.0	41.1	0.2	13.5	3.4	0.0
Washington	34	26	44	38	54-28	36-46	99.6	0.0	0.0	1.7	0.1	0.0
Milwaukee	32	27	45	37	53-29	34-48	99.5	2.1	0.0	5.2	1.0	0.0
Indiana	25	34	37	45	46-36	26-56	56.6	0.0	0.0	1.9	0.3	0.6
Miami	25	33	36	46	46-36	28-54	41.7	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.9
Brooklyn	24	33	36	46	46-36	26-56	40.4	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.0	0.0*
Boston	23	34	35	47	45-37	25-57	27.5	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.1	1.3*
Charlotte	24	33	34	48	46-36	24-58	21.8	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	1.8
Detroit	23	36	33	49	42-40	25-57	12.7	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	2.4
Orlando	19	42	27	55	36-46	19-63	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	7.7
Philadelphia	13	46	20	62	30-52	13-69	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	18.7
New York	12	46	19	63	29-53	12-70	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	20.0

Western Conference Conference
	ACTUAL		PROJECTED				ODDS (%)
TEAM	W	L	W	L	BEST	WORST	PLAYOFFS	DIV	NO.1	FINALS	CHAMP	LOTTERY
Golden State	46	11	65	17	71-11	55-27	100.0	99.6	95.9	45.8	35.6	0.0
Memphis	42	16	56	26	65-17	46-36	100.0	62.8	3.5	9.7	5.5	0.0
LA Clippers	39	21	54	28	61-21	45-37	99.9	0.4	0.3	17.1	11.7	0.0*
Houston	41	18	54	28	63-19	44-38	99.9	28.2	0.2	5.6	3.0	0.0
Portland	39	19	52	30	61-21	42-40	99.7	94.1	0.2	6.2	3.4	0.0
Dallas	39	22	51	31	59-23	42-40	98.5	5.3	0.0	5.3	3.0	0.0
San Antonio	36	23	50	32	58-24	41-41	97.1	3.7	0.0	5.3	3.0	0.0
Oklahoma City	33	27	46	36	55-27	37-45	80.1	5.9	0.0	4.7	3.0	0.0
New Orleans	32	27	42	40	51-31	32-50	19.5	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.4
Phoenix	31	29	40	42	49-33	32-50	4.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.7
Utah	23	35	37	45	46-36	27-55	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.2
Sacramento	20	37	30	52	40-42	21-61	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	6.1
Denver	20	39	27	55	37-45	20-62	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	7.5
LA Lakers	16	42	25	57	35-47	16-66	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	12.3
Minnesota	13	45	21	61	31-51	13-69	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	17.3

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