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	17	61	21	65-17	55-27	100.0	100.0	100.0	25.5	7.9	1.1*
Cleveland	46	26	54	28	56-26	48-34	100.0	98.8	0.0	52.5	24.8	0.0
Toronto	42	28	49	33	54-28	43-39	100.0	100.0	0.0	8.1	1.9	0.0
Chicago	43	29	48	34	53-29	43-39	100.0	1.2	0.0	4.9	0.9	0.0
Washington	40	31	46	36	51-31	40-42	100.0	0.0	0.0	3.3	0.4	0.0
Milwaukee	34	36	40	42	46-36	35-47	94.4	0.0	0.0	1.3	0.0	0.0
Miami	32	37	38	44	44-38	32-50	65.5	0.0	0.0	0.8	0.0	0.2
Indiana	30	40	37	45	42-40	30-52	48.7	0.0	0.0	1.9	0.3	0.7
Charlotte	30	39	36	46	43-39	30-52	32.4	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.0	1.1
Boston	31	39	36	46	43-39	30-52	29.2	0.0	0.0	0.7	0.1	1.0*
Brooklyn	29	40	36	46	42-40	29-53	28.2	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0*
Detroit	26	44	32	50	38-44	26-56	1.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.7
Orlando	22	50	26	56	32-50	22-60	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	9.2
Philadelphia	17	53	20	62	26-56	17-65	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	16.1
New York	14	57	17	65	24-58	14-68	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	24.3

Western Conference Conference
	ACTUAL		PROJECTED				ODDS (%)
TEAM	W	L	W	L	BEST	WORST	PLAYOFFS	DIV	NO.1	FINALS	CHAMP	LOTTERY
Golden State	57	13	65	17	69-13	58-24	100.0	100.0	100.0	46.7	34.3	0.0
Memphis	50	21	55	27	61-21	50-32	100.0	69.4	0.0	5.4	2.5	0.0
LA Clippers	46	25	54	28	57-25	48-34	100.0	0.0	0.0	14.4	8.6	0.0*
Houston	47	23	53	29	59-23	47-35	100.0	15.7	0.0	3.8	1.6	0.0
San Antonio	44	25	52	30	57-25	46-36	100.0	14.7	0.0	14.3	8.4	0.0
Portland	44	24	52	30	58-24	45-37	100.0	98.0	0.0	9.8	5.6	0.0
Dallas	44	27	49	33	55-27	44-38	98.8	0.2	0.0	1.8	0.5	0.0
Oklahoma City	40	30	47	35	52-30	41-41	87.7	2.0	0.0	3.6	1.9	0.1
New Orleans	37	33	43	39	49-33	37-45	9.3	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.6
Phoenix	38	33	42	40	48-34	38-44	4.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.6
Utah	31	39	39	43	43-39	31-51	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.7
Denver	27	44	31	51	37-45	27-55	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.4
Sacramento	24	45	30	52	36-46	24-58	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	6.1
LA Lakers	18	50	23	59	30-52	18-64	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	12.0
Minnesota	16	54	19	63	25-57	16-66	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	19.1

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