2011-12 NBA Playoff Odds

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

HOLLINGER RANKINGS

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	DIV	NO.1	FINALS	CHAMP	LOTTERY
Chicago	50	16	50	16	50-16	49-17	100.0	100.0	100.0	31.0	15.6	0.0
Miami	46	20	47	19	47-19	46-20	100.0	100.0	0.0	22.3	9.8	0.0
Indiana	42	24	42	24	42-24	42-24	100.0	0.0	0.0	9.8	3.2	0.0
Atlanta	40	26	40	26	40-26	39-27	100.0	0.0	0.0	6.4	2.1	0.0
Boston	39	27	39	27	39-27	38-28	100.0	100.0	0.0	12.5	4.9	0.0
Orlando	37	29	37	29	38-28	37-29	100.0	0.0	0.0	1.5	0.4	0.0
New York	36	30	36	30	36-30	35-31	100.0	0.0	0.0	9.6	3.2	0.0
Philadelphia	35	31	36	30	36-30	35-31	100.0	0.0	0.0	6.9	2.4	0.0

Milwaukee	31	35	31	35	32-34	31-35	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.7
Detroit	25	41	24	42	25-41	24-42	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.8
Toronto	23	43	23	43	23-43	22-44	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.7
New Jersey	22	44	22	44	23-43	22-44	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	6.0
Cleveland	21	45	21	45	22-44	21-45	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	12.3
Washington	20	46	19	47	20-46	19-47	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	21.2
Charlotte	7	59	7	59	8-58	7-59	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	DIV	NO.1	FINALS	CHAMP	LOTTERY
San Antonio	50	16	50	16	50-16	49-17	100.0	100.0	100.0	49.8	34.3	0.0
Oklahoma City	47	19	47	19	47-19	47-19	100.0	100.0	0.0	27.5	15.4	0.0
LA Lakers	41	25	42	24	42-24	41-25	100.0	100.0	0.0	2.6	0.8	0.0
Memphis	41	25	41	25	41-25	40-26	100.0	0.0	0.0	3.6	1.5	0.0
LA Clippers	40	26	40	26	40-26	40-26	100.0	0.0	0.0	6.1	2.8	0.0
Denver	38	28	38	28	38-28	37-29	100.0	0.0	0.0	5.2	1.9	0.0
Dallas	36	30	36	30	37-29	36-30	100.0	0.0	0.0	2.6	0.9	0.0
Utah	36	30	36	30	36-30	35-31	100.0	0.0	0.0	2.6	0.8	0.0

Houston	34	32	34	32	34-32	33-33	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.6
Phoenix	33	33	33	33	33-33	33-33	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.4
Portland	28	38	28	38	29-37	28-38	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.8
Minnesota	26	40	26	40	27-39	26-40	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0*
Golden State	23	43	23	43	24-42	23-43	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.9
Sacramento	22	44	21	45	22-44	21-45	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	9.8
New Orleans	21	45	21	45	22-44	21-45	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	12.9*

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
* The New Orleans Hornets hold the rights to the Minnesota Timberwolves� first-round pick.

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