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amateur power rankings and projections

we're all dying to see how the end of this season plays out. currently the jazz sit at 32-35, 1.5 games behind houston and dallas. so i did some naive computations that shouldn't convince anyone of anything. here's what i got.

power rankings

1. San Antonio Spurs : 0.5263
2. Golden State Warriors : 0.5226
3. Oklahoma City Thunder : 0.5151
4. Cleveland Cavaliers : 0.5133
5. Los Angeles Clippers : 0.5095
6. Toronto Raptors : 0.5085
7. Atlanta Hawks : 0.5076
8. Boston Celtics : 0.5071
9. Indiana Pacers : 0.505
10. Charlotte Hornets : 0.5049
11. Utah Jazz : 0.5034
12. Miami Heat : 0.5025
13. Portland Trail Blazers : 0.5016
14. Detroit Pistons : 0.5002
15. Dallas Mavericks : 0.4992
16. Houston Rockets : 0.4991
17. Washington Wizards : 0.4983
18. Chicago Bulls : 0.4975
19. Denver Nuggets : 0.4955
20. Sacramento Kings : 0.4954
21. Memphis Grizzlies : 0.4949
22. Orlando Magic : 0.4944
23. New Orleans Pelicans : 0.4942
24. New York Knicks : 0.4939
25. Milwaukee Bucks : 0.4918
26. Minnesota Timberwolves : 0.4906
27. Phoenix Suns : 0.486
28. Brooklyn Nets : 0.4848
29. Los Angeles Lakers : 0.4811
30. Philadelphia 76ers : 0.4748

projected end of season records

west:

1. Golden State Warriors : 73 - 9
2. San Antonio Spurs : 72 - 10
3. Oklahoma City Thunder : 58 - 24
4. Los Angeles Clippers : 56 - 26
5. Portland Trail Blazers : 43 - 39
6. Utah Jazz : 43 - 39
7. Memphis Grizzlies : 43 - 39
8. Houston Rockets : 40 - 42
9. Dallas Mavericks : 40 - 42
10. Denver Nuggets : 33 - 49
11. New Orleans Pelicans : 31 - 51
11. Sacramento Kings : 31 - 51
13. Minnesota Timberwolves : 23 - 59
14. Phoenix Suns : 20 - 62
15. Los Angeles Lakers : 14 - 68

east:

1. Cleveland Cavaliers : 63 - 19
2. Toronto Raptors : 59 - 23
3. Miami Heat : 50 - 32
4. Atlanta Hawks : 49 - 33
5. Charlotte Hornets : 49 - 33
6. Boston Celtics : 48 - 34
7. Indiana Pacers : 47 - 35
8. Detroit Pistons : 42 - 40
9. Chicago Bulls : 42 - 40
10. Washington Wizards : 40 - 42
11. Orlando Magic : 32 - 50
12. Milwaukee Bucks : 31 - 51
13. New York Knicks : 30 - 52
14. Brooklyn Nets : 19 - 63
15. Philadelphia 76ers : 9 - 73

tie-breaks, both real and projected

memphis vs portland: memphis and portland split their games; their projected division records are both 9-7; however, their projected conference records are 25-27 and 30-22, respectively. so portland is projected to win the tie-break.

portland vs utah: portland owns the tie-break.

utah vs memphis: utah owns the tie-break.

houston vs dallas: houston owns the tie-break.

atlanta vs charlotte: atlanta owns the tie-break.

chicago vs detroit: detroit is projected to win the tie-break.

jazz schedule

in order of worst ranking to best, here are the remaining jazz opponents.

Los Angeles Lakers
Los Angeles Lakers
Phoenix Suns
Phoenix Suns
Minnesota Timberwolves
Minnesota Timberwolves
Milwaukee Bucks
Chicago Bulls
Denver Nuggets
Houston Rockets
Dallas Mavericks
Los Angeles Clippers
Oklahoma City Thunder
Golden State Warriors
San Antonio Spurs

but really..

who know how any of this will actually turn out..!

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