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	15	63	19	67-15	56-26	100.0	100.0	100.0	29.4	11.7	1.2*
Cleveland	44	26	53	29	56-26	47-35	100.0	95.3	0.0	46.4	22.0	0.0
Toronto	41	27	50	32	55-27	43-39	100.0	100.0	0.0	9.0	2.5	0.0
Chicago	41	28	48	34	54-28	42-40	100.0	4.7	0.0	4.1	1.0	0.0
Washington	40	28	47	35	54-28	41-41	100.0	0.0	0.0	4.5	0.7	0.0
Milwaukee	34	34	41	41	48-34	35-47	95.7	0.0	0.0	1.4	0.2	0.0
Indiana	30	37	38	44	45-37	31-51	63.9	0.0	0.0	2.7	0.5	0.4
Miami	31	36	38	44	45-37	31-51	60.0	0.0	0.0	0.8	0.2	0.6
Boston	30	37	37	45	44-38	30-52	44.7	0.0	0.0	1.4	0.2	0.5*
Charlotte	29	37	36	46	44-38	29-53	26.6	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.9
Brooklyn	27	39	34	48	43-39	27-55	8.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0*
Detroit	24	44	30	52	38-44	24-58	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.8
Orlando	21	49	25	57	32-50	21-61	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	9.2
Philadelphia	16	52	20	62	28-54	16-66	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	17.8
New York	14	54	18	64	25-57	14-68	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	20.8

Western Conference Conference
	ACTUAL		PROJECTED				ODDS (%)
TEAM	W	L	W	L	BEST	WORST	PLAYOFFS	DIV	NO.1	FINALS	CHAMP	LOTTERY
Golden State	54	13	65	17	69-13	58-24	100.0	100.0	100.0	45.5	32.8	0.0
Memphis	47	21	54	28	61-21	48-34	100.0	46.3	0.0	3.9	1.5	0.0
Houston	46	22	54	28	60-22	46-36	100.0	36.6	0.0	4.8	2.0	0.0
LA Clippers	44	25	53	29	57-25	45-37	100.0	0.0	0.0	15.1	8.8	0.0*
Portland	44	22	54	28	60-22	46-36	100.0	99.4	0.0	13.4	7.8	0.0
Dallas	44	25	51	31	57-25	44-38	99.7	6.0	0.0	3.1	1.2	0.0
San Antonio	42	25	51	31	57-25	43-39	99.2	11.1	0.0	9.7	4.9	0.0
Oklahoma City	38	30	46	36	52-30	40-42	77.9	0.6	0.0	4.3	1.9	0.0
New Orleans	37	31	44	38	51-31	37-45	21.8	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.3
Phoenix	36	33	40	42	48-34	36-46	1.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5
Utah	31	37	39	43	45-37	31-51	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.8
Denver	26	43	31	51	38-44	26-56	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.0
Sacramento	22	45	28	54	36-46	22-60	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	6.0
LA Lakers	17	50	23	59	31-51	17-65	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	12.7
Minnesota	15	53	19	63	26-56	15-67	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	20.6

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