Dec. 14 Power Rankings

These rankings reflect 358 of 1230 games in the NBA regular season:

Team	W-L	Adj. W-L	PF	PA	Diff	Woodrow	Colley
Miami Heat	18-8	17-9	100.8	91.0	9.8	0.5246	0.6632
Boston Celtics	19-4	18-5	100.7	91.0	9.7	0.5240	0.7900
San Antonio Spurs	20-3	19-4	106.4	96.5	10.0	0.5223	0.8196
Dallas Mavericks	19-5	19-5	98.8	93.0	5.7	0.5162	0.7837
Los Angeles Lakers	17-7	15-9	106.4	98.6	7.8	0.5134	0.6214
Utah Jazz	18-8	18-8	101.3	97.3	4.0	0.5128	0.7048
Orlando Magic	16-8	15-9	97.0	91.9	5.1	0.5111	0.6214
Chicago Bulls	15-8	15-8	99.7	96.3	3.3	0.5099	0.6711
New Orleans Hornets	14-10	15-9	93.2	92.0	1.2	0.5067	0.6157
Denver Nuggets	14-9	14-9	106.7	104.9	1.8	0.5056	0.6207
Atlanta Hawks	16-9	15-10	98.8	96.1	2.7	0.5052	0.6041
Oklahoma City Thunder	17-8	17-8	103.2	101.9	1.3	0.5039	0.6779
Indiana Pacers	11-12	11-12	98.5	97.2	1.3	0.5037	0.4751
Philadelphia 76ers	8-15	8-15	98.0	97.7	0.3	0.4998	0.3631
Houston Rockets	9-14	10-13	104.9	104.9	0.0	0.4995	0.4166
Portland Trail Blazers	12-13	12-13	93.9	94.6	-0.7	0.4993	0.4997
Milwaukee Bucks	10-13	11-12	92.0	93.2	-1.2	0.4992	0.4643
Phoenix Suns	11-12	11-12	108.1	109.5	-1.4	0.4988	0.4940
New York Knickerbockers	16-9	14-11	108.5	106.6	2.0	0.4987	0.5578
Memphis Grizzlies	11-14	11-14	99.6	100.9	-1.3	0.4972	0.4534
Toronto Raptors	9-15	9-15	102.9	105.5	-2.6	0.4937	0.3852
Charlotte Bobcats	8-15	8-15	93.6	97.0	-3.4	0.4923	0.3687
Los Angeles Clippers	5-20	7-18	95.8	101.7	-5.9	0.4871	0.2677
Golden State Warriors	8-16	9-15	100.4	107.0	-6.6	0.4869	0.3863
New Jersey Nets	6-18	7-17	93.3	99.1	-5.8	0.4869	0.2890
Minnesota Timberwolves	6-18	7-17	101.8	109.1	-7.4	0.4836	0.2956
Detroit Pistons	7-18	7-18	94.4	100.8	-6.5	0.4817	0.2868
Washington Wizards	6-16	6-16	98.0	106.3	-8.4	0.4800	0.2852
Sacramento Kings	5-16	5-16	94.4	101.1	-6.8	0.4797	0.2226
Cleveland Cavaliers	7-17	7-17	93.2	102.9	-9.7	0.4764	0.2954

(Click any header to re-sort the rankings.)

I've added a line called "Adjusted W-L" based on the Colley method.  Essentially, it tells you how many games a team has won or lost if everyone had an equal strength of schedule.  So when Marc Stein says that LA has had the easiest schedule of anyone so far, he's not kidding:  the adjusted W-L drops them from 17-7 to 15-9.  The Knicks are another minus-two team at the moment, looking better than they should because of their easy schedule.

On the other hand, the Clippers(!) are a plus-two team, meaning on a level playing field, they'd have won two more games.