Final 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	60	22	60	22	60-22	60-22	100.0	100.0	100.0	30.5	8.8	0.0*
Cleveland	53	29	53	29	53-29	53-29	100.0	100.0	0.0	30.9	9.8	0.0
Chicago	50	32	50	32	50-32	50-32	100.0	0.0	0.0	16.2	3.8	0.0
Toronto	49	33	49	33	49-33	49-33	100.0	100.0	0.0	9.7	1.9	0.0
Washington	46	36	46	36	46-36	46-36	100.0	0.0	0.0	4.5	0.5	0.0
Milwaukee	41	41	41	41	41-41	41-41	100.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	0.0
Boston	40	42	40	42	40-42	40-42	100.0	0.0	0.0	5.5	0.8	0.0*
Brooklyn	38	44	38	44	38-44	38-44	100.0	0.0	0.0	0.6	0.0	0.0*
Indiana	38	44	38	44	38-44	38-44	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.8
Miami	37	45	37	45	37-45	37-45	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0
Charlotte	33	49	33	49	33-49	33-49	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.7
Detroit	32	50	32	50	32-50	32-50	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.9
Orlando	25	57	25	57	25-57	25-57	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	8.1
Philadelphia	18	64	18	64	18-64	18-64	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	16.1
New York	17	65	17	65	17-65	17-65	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	20.2

Western Conference Conference
	ACTUAL		PROJECTED				ODDS (%)
TEAM	W	L	W	L	BEST	WORST	PLAYOFFS	DIV	NO.1	FINALS	CHAMP	LOTTERY
Golden State	67	15	67	15	67-15	67-15	100.0	100.0	100.0	46.3	37.3	0.0
Houston	56	26	56	26	56-26	56-26	100.0	100.0	0.0	3.8	2.4	0.0
LA Clippers	56	26	56	26	56-26	56-26	100.0	0.0	0.0	16.8	11.9	0.0*
San Antonio	55	27	55	27	55-27	55-27	100.0	0.0	0.0	22.7	17.2	0.0
Memphis	55	27	55	27	55-27	55-27	100.0	0.0	0.0	3.3	1.7	0.0
Portland	51	31	51	31	51-31	51-31	100.0	100.0	0.0	4.8	2.7	0.0
Dallas	50	32	50	32	50-32	50-32	100.0	0.0	0.0	1.2	0.5	0.0
New Orleans	45	37	45	37	45-37	45-37	100.0	0.0	0.0	1.1	0.6	0.0
Oklahoma City	45	37	45	37	45-37	45-37	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.2
Phoenix	39	43	39	43	39-43	39-43	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.7
Utah	38	44	38	44	38-44	38-44	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5
Denver	30	52	30	52	30-52	30-52	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.8
Sacramento	29	53	29	53	29-53	29-53	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	6.4
LA Lakers	21	61	21	61	21-61	21-61	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	11.7
Minnesota	16	66	16	66	16-66	16-66	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	24.9

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