Strength of Schedule - 2005-2006

2005-06 NBA RPI Rankings
RNK TEAM RPI W L PCT SOS PWR PF PA Exp. W-L Exp. WP
1 New Orleans .496 38 44 .463 .507 19 7611 7842 31-51 .379
2 Houston .484 34 48 .415 .507 23 7387 7517 35-47 .429
3 Memphis .529 49 33 .598 .507 7 7558 7255 54-28 .663
4 Portland .444 21 61 .256 .506 30 7285 8060 13-69 .159
5 Golden State .483 34 48 .415 .506 22 8076 8187 36-46 .444
6 Phoenix .544 54 28 .659 .505 4 8887 8431 58-24 .705
7 LA Clippers .522 47 35 .573 .505 13 7970 7841 46-36 .567
8 Sacramento .513 44 38 .537 .505 11 8106 7980 46-36 .564
9 Dallas .562 60 22 .732 .505 3 8130 7632 61-21 .739
10 Denver .513 44 38 .537 .505 14 8227 8208 42-40 .510
11 LA Lakers .516 45 37 .549 .505 10 8154 7949 49-33 .604
12 San Antonio .570 63 19 .768 .505 2 7837 7278 63-19 .772
13 Minnesota .478 33 49 .402 .503 25 7522 7676 34-48 .417
14 Utah .502 41 41 .500 .503 16 7573 7789 32-50 .386
15 Oklahoma City .484 35 47 .427 .503 21 8411 8660 31-51 .382
16 Cleveland .527 50 32 .610 .500 8 8002 7819 49-33 .594
17 Milwaukee .495 40 42 .488 .498 17 8020 8105 37-45 .457
18 Charlotte .452 26 56 .317 .497 27 7943 8271 28-54 .339
19 Chicago .497 41 41 .500 .496 12 8020 7968 43-39 .527
20 Atlanta .451 26 56 .317 .496 28 7972 8362 26-56 .313
21 Miami .530 52 30 .634 .495 6 8191 7874 54-28 .657
22 Toronto .454 27 55 .329 .495 26 8287 8532 31-51 .382
23 Boston .472 33 49 .402 .495 24 8033 8159 36-46 .436
24 New York .441 23 59 .280 .495 29 7842 8367 21-61 .256
25 New Jersey .520 49 33 .598 .494 5 7691 7579 46-36 .560
26 Detroit .565 64 18 .780 .493 1 7941 7394 63-19 .765
27 Orlando .479 36 46 .439 .493 9 7784 7872 37-45 .454
28 Washington .497 42 40 .512 .492 15 8336 8184 47-35 .575
29 Indiana .494 41 41 .500 .492 18 7699 7544 48-34 .583
30 Philadelphia .485 38 44 .463 .492 20 8147 8307 34-48 .420

Glossary
W: Wins, L: Losses, PCT: Winning percentage, RPI: Relative Power Index+, SOS: Strength of schedule , PWR: ESPN Power Ranking , PF: Points scored, PA: Points allowed, ExW-L: Expected W-L*, ExWP: Expected winning percentage*

+The basic formula is 25% team winning percentage, 50% opponents' average winning percentage, and 25% opponents' opponents' average winning percentage.

*ExW-L and ExWP are derived the Pythagorean 16.5 Method, the basketball adaptation of Bill James' Pythagorean theorem of baseball: Runs scored ^16.5 / (Runs scored ^16.5 + runs allowed ^16.5). This formula was designed to relate a team's points scored and points allowed to its won-lost record.