NBA Hollinger Playoff Odds 2007-08

Hollinger's NBA Playoff Odds are based on the Hollinger Power Rankings, designed by ESPN.com's John Hollinger.

HOLLINGER RANKINGS

• Power Rankings: Who's No. 1? • Player Stats: PER leaders • Team Stats: Efficiency leaders

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 how likely it is for each team to make the 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
	ACTUAL		PROJECTED				ODDS (%)
Team	W	L	W	L	Best	Worst	Playoffs	Division	No. 1	Finals	Champs	Lottery*
Boston	66	16	66	16	66-16	66-16	100.0	100.0	100.0	72.7	54.7	0.0
Detroit	59	23	59	23	59-23	59-23	100.0	100.0	0.0	12.9	6.7	0.0
Orlando	52	30	52	30	52-30	52-30	100.0	100.0	0.0	12.7	5.0	0.0
Cleveland	45	37	45	37	45-37	45-37	100.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0
Washington	43	39	43	39	43-39	43-39	100.0	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.0	0.0
Toronto	41	41	41	41	41-41	41-41	100.0	0.0	0.0	0.7	0.0	0.0
Philadelphia	40	42	40	42	40-42	40-42	100.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0
Atlanta	37	45	37	45	37-45	37-45	100.0	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0
Indiana	36	46	36	46	36-46	36-46	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.8
New Jersey	34	48	34	48	34-48	34-48	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.1
Chicago	33	49	33	49	33-49	33-49	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.7
Charlotte	32	50	32	50	32-50	32-50	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.8
Milwaukee	26	56	26	56	26-56	26-56	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.3
New York	23	59	23	59	23-59	23-59	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	7.6
Miami	15	67	15	67	15-67	15-67	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	25.0

Western Conference
	ACTUAL		PROJECTED				ODDS (%)
Team	W	L	W	L	Best	Worst	Playoffs	Division	No. 1	Finals	Champs	Lottery*
LA Lakers	57	25	57	25	57-25	57-25	100.0	100.0	100.0	18.0	6.9	0.0
New Orleans	56	26	56	26	56-26	56-26	100.0	100.0	0.0	14.2	4.6	0.0
San Antonio	56	26	56	26	56-26	56-26	100.0	0.0	0.0	8.2	2.4	0.0
Houston	55	27	55	27	55-27	55-27	100.0	0.0	0.0	5.1	1.3	0.0
Phoenix	55	27	55	27	55-27	55-27	100.0	0.0	0.0	12.3	3.4	0.0
Utah	54	28	54	28	54-28	54-28	100.0	100.0	0.0	31.0	12.9	0.0
Dallas	51	31	51	31	51-31	51-31	100.0	0.0	0.0	6.2	1.2	0.0
Denver	50	32	50	32	50-32	50-32	100.0	0.0	0.0	5.1	1.1	0.0
Golden State	48	34	48	34	48-34	48-34	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5
Portland	41	41	41	41	41-41	41-41	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.6
Sacramento	38	44	38	44	38-44	38-44	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.7
LA Clippers	23	59	23	59	23-59	23-59	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	7.6
Minnesota	22	60	22	60	22-60	22-60	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	13.8
Memphis	22	60	22	60	22-60	22-60	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	13.8
Seattle	20	62	20	62	20-62	20-62	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	19.9

Hollinger Playoff Odds Glossary

W = Average number of wins from 5,000 computer-simulated seasons, based on the Hollinger Power Rankings

L = Average number of losses

Best = Best record from simulated seasons

Worst = Worst record from simulated seasons

Playoffs = Likelihood of making the playoffs

Division = Likelihood of winning the division

No. 1 = Likelihood of holding the top seed for the conference

Finals = Likelihood of making the NBA Finals

Champs = Likelihood of winning the NBA title

Lottery = Likelihood of winning the lottery

* Phoenix owns Atlanta's first-round pick.    Seattle owns Phoenix's first-round pick.    New Jersey owns Dallas' first-round pick.