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	51	14	62	20	68-14	54-28	100.0	100.0	100.0	28.4	11.3	1.8*
Cleveland	42	25	53	29	57-25	46-36	100.0	94.2	0.0	46.2	21.9	0.0
Toronto	39	26	49	33	56-26	41-41	100.0	100.0	0.0	7.9	1.7	0.0
Chicago	40	27	48	34	55-27	41-41	100.0	5.7	0.0	6.0	1.4	0.0
Washington	38	28	45	37	53-29	38-44	100.0	0.0	0.0	3.7	0.8	0.0
Milwaukee	34	32	42	40	49-33	34-48	98.5	0.0	0.0	2.0	0.3	0.0
Indiana	30	35	40	42	47-35	32-50	88.0	0.0	0.0	4.2	1.0	0.0
Charlotte	29	35	36	46	44-38	30-52	42.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.7
Miami	29	36	36	46	44-38	29-53	33.7	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.9
Boston	29	36	36	46	46-36	28-54	29.9	0.0	0.0	0.7	0.1	0.9*
Brooklyn	26	38	33	49	43-39	25-57	6.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0*
Detroit	23	43	31	51	38-44	23-59	1.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.4
Orlando	21	46	26	56	33-49	21-61	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	9.1
Philadelphia	15	51	20	62	29-53	15-67	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	17.4
New York	13	52	17	65	26-56	13-69	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	22.8

Western Conference Conference
	ACTUAL		PROJECTED				ODDS (%)
TEAM	W	L	W	L	BEST	WORST	PLAYOFFS	DIV	NO.1	FINALS	CHAMP	LOTTERY
Golden State	52	13	64	18	69-13	56-26	100.0	100.0	99.5	45.8	32.6	0.0
Memphis	46	20	54	28	62-20	46-36	100.0	56.0	0.3	4.5	2.0	0.0
Portland	43	20	54	28	62-20	46-36	100.0	99.2	0.3	11.4	6.3	0.0
LA Clippers	42	24	53	29	58-24	46-36	100.0	0.0	0.0	15.9	9.5	0.0*
Houston	43	22	53	29	60-22	45-37	99.9	25.4	0.0	4.7	2.2	0.0
Dallas	42	25	50	32	57-25	43-39	98.5	6.3	0.0	3.9	1.8	0.0
San Antonio	40	24	51	31	58-24	42-40	98.1	12.3	0.0	8.0	4.0	0.0
Oklahoma City	36	29	46	36	53-29	37-45	71.1	0.8	0.0	5.5	2.6	0.2
New Orleans	36	29	44	38	52-30	37-45	30.8	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.2	0.4
Phoenix	34	33	40	42	47-35	34-48	1.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5
Utah	29	36	39	43	46-36	30-52	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.8
Denver	25	41	30	52	38-44	25-57	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.5
Sacramento	22	43	29	53	38-44	22-60	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	5.5
LA Lakers	17	47	23	59	31-51	17-65	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	12.2
Minnesota	14	50	20	62	28-54	14-68	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	18.9

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