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	53	14	63	19	68-14	54-28	100.0	100.0	100.0	30.1	11.6	1.6*
Cleveland	43	26	54	28	57-25	45-37	100.0	96.7	0.0	47.6	23.3	0.0
Toronto	40	27	49	33	55-27	40-42	100.0	100.0	0.0	5.9	1.2	0.0
Chicago	40	28	48	34	54-28	41-41	100.0	3.3	0.0	5.5	1.3	0.0
Washington	39	28	46	36	53-29	39-43	100.0	0.0	0.0	4.3	0.7	0.0
Milwaukee	34	32	42	40	49-33	34-48	97.6	0.0	0.0	1.4	0.2	0.0
Indiana	30	36	39	43	46-36	32-50	78.6	0.0	0.0	3.5	0.8	0.2
Boston	30	36	37	45	44-38	30-52	43.0	0.0	0.0	0.8	0.1	0.8*
Charlotte	29	36	36	46	45-37	29-53	41.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.7
Miami	30	36	36	46	44-38	30-52	31.1	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.1	1.1
Brooklyn	27	38	34	48	42-40	27-55	8.3	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0*
Detroit	23	43	30	52	38-44	23-59	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.2
Orlando	21	47	26	56	33-49	21-61	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	8.7
Philadelphia	15	52	20	62	28-54	15-67	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	18.7
New York	13	53	17	65	24-58	13-69	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	22.1

Western Conference Conference
	ACTUAL		PROJECTED				ODDS (%)
TEAM	W	L	W	L	BEST	WORST	PLAYOFFS	DIV	NO.1	FINALS	CHAMP	LOTTERY
Golden State	53	13	64	18	69-13	57-25	100.0	100.0	99.3	47.3	34.1	0.0
Portland	44	21	55	27	62-20	47-35	100.0	99.7	0.5	13.8	7.6	0.0
Memphis	47	20	54	28	61-21	47-35	100.0	52.2	0.2	4.2	1.8	0.0
LA Clippers	42	25	53	29	57-25	45-37	100.0	0.0	0.0	11.9	6.3	0.0*
Houston	44	22	53	29	60-22	45-37	99.9	29.5	0.0	4.6	2.0	0.0
San Antonio	41	24	52	30	58-24	45-37	99.4	13.5	0.0	10.4	5.6	0.0
Dallas	43	25	50	32	57-25	43-39	99.2	4.8	0.0	3.6	1.5	0.0
Oklahoma City	37	30	46	36	53-29	39-43	80.3	0.3	0.0	4.0	1.7	0.1
New Orleans	36	30	43	39	51-31	36-46	19.2	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.5
Phoenix	35	33	40	42	47-35	35-47	1.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.6
Utah	30	36	39	43	46-36	31-51	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.6
Denver	26	42	31	51	39-43	26-56	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.5
Sacramento	22	44	29	53	37-45	22-60	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	5.8
LA Lakers	17	49	23	59	31-51	17-65	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	12.8
Minnesota	14	52	20	62	28-54	14-68	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	17.9

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