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

HOLLINGER RANKINGS

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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
	ACTUAL		PROJECTED				ODDS (%)
Team	W	L	W	L	Best	Worst	Playoffs	Division	No. 1	Finals	Champs	Lottery*
Cleveland	66	16	66	16	66-16	66-16	100.0	100.0	100.0	45.9	29.1	0.0
Boston	62	20	62	20	62-20	62-20	100.0	100.0	0.0	23.1	11.5	0.0
Orlando	59	23	59	23	59-23	59-23	100.0	100.0	0.0	22.6	13.3	0.0
Atlanta	47	35	47	35	47-35	47-35	100.0	0.0	0.0	2.8	0.5	0.0
Miami	43	39	43	39	43-39	43-39	100.0	0.0	0.0	3.1	1.1	0.0
Chicago	41	41	41	41	41-41	41-41	100.0	0.0	0.0	0.7	0.1	0.0
Philadelphia	41	41	41	41	41-41	41-41	100.0	0.0	0.0	1.2	0.2	0.0
Detroit	39	43	39	43	39-43	39-43	100.0	0.0	0.0	0.7	0.1	0.0
Indiana	36	46	36	46	36-46	36-46	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.6
Charlotte	35	47	35	47	35-47	35-47	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.7
Milwaukee	34	48	34	48	34-48	34-48	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.6
New Jersey	34	48	34	48	34-48	34-48	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.2
Toronto	33	49	33	49	33-49	33-49	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.8
New York	32	50	32	50	32-50	32-50	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.9
Washington	19	63	19	63	19-63	19-63	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	20.4

Western Conference
	ACTUAL		PROJECTED				ODDS (%)
Team	W	L	W	L	Best	Worst	Playoffs	Division	No. 1	Finals	Champs	Lottery*
LA Lakers	65	17	65	17	65-17	65-17	100.0	100.0	100.0	34.6	20.2	0.0
Denver	54	28	54	28	54-28	54-28	100.0	100.0	0.0	11.6	3.5	0.0
Portland	54	28	54	28	54-28	54-28	100.0	0.0	0.0	23.3	9.5	0.0
San Antonio	54	28	54	28	54-28	54-28	100.0	100.0	0.0	11.4	4.0	0.0
Houston	53	29	53	29	53-29	53-29	100.0	0.0	0.0	9.3	3.6	0.0
Dallas	50	32	50	32	50-32	50-32	100.0	0.0	0.0	4.2	1.2	0.0
New Orleans	49	33	49	33	49-33	49-33	100.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	0.9	0.0
Utah	48	34	48	34	48-34	48-34	100.0	0.0	0.0	3.5	1.1	0.0
Phoenix	46	36	46	36	46-36	46-36	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.4
Golden State	29	53	29	53	29-53	29-53	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.1
Minnesota	24	58	24	58	24-58	24-58	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	7.5
Memphis	24	58	24	58	24-58	24-58	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	8.1
Oklahoma City	23	59	23	59	23-59	23-59	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	10.8
LA Clippers	19	63	19	63	19-63	19-63	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	15.9
Sacramento	17	65	17	65	17-65	17-65	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	25.2

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