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	50	13	62	20	69-13	54-28	100.0	100.0	99.9	30.6	10.8	1.3*
Cleveland	40	25	52	30	57-25	44-38	100.0	78.5	0.0	37.7	14.5	0.0
Toronto	38	25	49	33	57-25	41-41	100.0	100.0	0.0	9.9	2.2	0.0
Chicago	39	26	49	33	57-25	41-41	100.0	20.7	0.0	9.1	2.2	0.0
Washington	36	28	43	39	52-30	35-47	99.2	0.0	0.0	1.5	0.0	0.0
Milwaukee	33	30	44	38	52-30	36-46	98.7	0.7	0.0	4.3	0.6	0.0
Indiana	28	34	39	43	47-35	29-53	72.7	0.0	0.0	3.8	0.7	0.2
Charlotte	28	34	38	44	47-35	30-52	62.8	0.0	0.0	1.8	0.3	0.3
Miami	28	35	37	45	45-37	29-53	38.2	0.0	0.0	0.6	0.0	0.7
Brooklyn	25	36	35	47	45-37	25-57	15.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0*
Boston	26	36	34	48	43-39	26-56	11.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	1.5*
Detroit	23	39	32	50	40-42	23-59	2.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.2
Orlando	21	43	27	55	35-47	21-61	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	7.3
Philadelphia	14	49	20	62	29-53	14-68	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	17.6
New York	12	50	17	65	26-56	12-70	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	23.1

Western Conference Conference
	ACTUAL		PROJECTED				ODDS (%)
TEAM	W	L	W	L	BEST	WORST	PLAYOFFS	DIV	NO.1	FINALS	CHAMP	LOTTERY
Golden State	50	12	65	17	70-12	57-25	100.0	100.0	99.3	48.2	38.0	0.0
LA Clippers	41	23	54	28	59-23	45-37	100.0	0.0	0.0	17.4	11.4	0.0*
Houston	43	20	54	28	61-21	46-36	100.0	28.9	0.0	4.6	2.7	0.0
Memphis	45	18	55	27	63-19	46-36	100.0	55.6	0.6	4.7	2.2	0.0
Portland	41	20	54	28	62-20	44-38	99.9	97.6	0.2	9.0	5.5	0.0
San Antonio	39	23	51	31	59-23	42-40	99.0	10.3	0.0	6.7	3.7	0.0
Dallas	41	24	50	32	58-24	43-39	99.0	5.2	0.0	4.0	2.1	0.0
Oklahoma City	35	28	47	35	54-28	38-44	84.7	2.4	0.0	5.3	3.0	0.0
New Orleans	35	29	42	40	50-32	35-47	13.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.4
Phoenix	33	32	41	41	48-34	34-48	3.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.6
Utah	26	36	38	44	46-36	28-54	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.7
Sacramento	21	41	29	53	38-44	22-60	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	5.9
Denver	23	41	27	55	37-45	22-60	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	6.8
LA Lakers	16	46	24	58	33-49	17-65	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	13.3
Minnesota	14	48	20	62	30-52	14-68	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	16.8

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