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	55	17	62	20	65-17	55-27	100.0	100.0	100.0	22.9	6.9	1.1*
Cleveland	47	27	54	28	55-27	49-33	100.0	98.6	0.0	58.2	24.9	0.0
Chicago	44	29	49	33	53-29	44-38	100.0	1.4	0.0	5.3	0.8	0.0
Toronto	43	30	48	34	52-30	43-39	100.0	100.0	0.0	6.9	1.2	0.0
Washington	41	32	45	37	50-32	41-41	100.0	0.0	0.0	1.8	0.0	0.0
Milwaukee	36	36	41	41	46-36	36-46	99.0	0.0	0.0	1.2	0.0	0.0
Miami	33	39	38	44	43-39	33-49	77.8	0.0	0.0	0.6	0.0	0.2
Indiana	31	41	37	45	41-41	31-51	45.1	0.0	0.0	1.6	0.3	0.7
Boston	32	40	36	46	42-40	32-50	30.8	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.1	0.8*
Brooklyn	31	40	36	46	42-40	31-51	25.5	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0*
Charlotte	30	41	35	47	41-41	30-52	20.0	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0	1.7
Detroit	28	44	32	50	38-44	28-54	1.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.3
Orlando	22	52	25	57	30-52	22-60	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	8.8
Philadelphia	18	55	21	61	27-55	18-64	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	15.7
New York	14	59	16	66	22-60	14-68	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	23.6

Western Conference Conference
	ACTUAL		PROJECTED				ODDS (%)
TEAM	W	L	W	L	BEST	WORST	PLAYOFFS	DIV	NO.1	FINALS	CHAMP	LOTTERY
Golden State	59	13	66	16	69-13	61-21	100.0	100.0	100.0	53.6	40.6	0.0
Memphis	50	23	55	27	59-23	51-31	100.0	60.0	0.0	4.4	1.9	0.0
Houston	49	23	54	28	59-23	49-33	100.0	31.4	0.0	3.9	1.8	0.0
LA Clippers	48	25	54	28	57-25	49-33	100.0	0.0	0.0	15.7	9.5	0.0*
Portland	46	25	52	30	57-25	46-36	100.0	99.3	0.0	5.5	2.7	0.0
San Antonio	46	26	52	30	56-26	46-36	100.0	8.4	0.0	13.6	7.9	0.0
Dallas	45	28	50	32	54-28	45-37	99.9	0.1	0.0	1.3	0.5	0.0
Oklahoma City	41	31	47	35	51-31	41-41	90.5	0.7	0.0	1.9	0.7	0.0
New Orleans	38	34	43	39	48-34	38-44	7.6	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.4
Phoenix	38	35	41	41	47-35	38-44	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.4
Utah	31	41	37	45	41-41	31-51	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.6
Sacramento	26	46	31	51	36-46	26-56	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.5
Denver	28	45	30	52	36-46	28-54	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	5.5
LA Lakers	19	52	23	59	30-52	19-63	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	12.3
Minnesota	16	56	19	63	25-57	16-66	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	20.2

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