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The NBA TOP 10: Making the Grade # TEAM PTS Grade W L - ---- ---- ----- -- -- 1 CLE 96.0 A 66 16 2 LAL 91.9 A- 65 17 3 BOS 90.2 A- 62 20 4 ORL 89.4 B+ 59 23 5 POR 87.8 B+ 54 28 6 DEN 87.0 B+ 54 28 7 HOU 86.1 B 53 29 8 SAS 84.5 B 54 28 9 NOK 84.4 B 49 33 10 DAL 83.5 B 50 32 Through End of 2009 Season - Complete List Below Our goal is to create a "Top 10" NBA team ranking by eliminating any advantage a team has by playing in an easy conference (currently West is much more difficult) or by playing an easy schedule. The goal is to create "classroom" grades. We determine the overall rankings of teams using the following method: * Win-Loss Record * Record against Eastern Conference. * Record against Western Conference. * RW-HL - Road Wins minus home losses * Adjusted WL%. * Strength of Schedule. Teams are then all normalized around 77 so "classroom" grades can be given to each team. The cut-off for +/- grades are 6.67 and 3.33 Complete List: vs E = Winning % vs. East RW-HL = Road Wins minus Home Losses ADJ WL = Adjusted WL PCT vs W = Winning % vs West STR = Strength of Schedule PVS & JuMP = Ranking on previous SUNDAY and "jump" from then # TEAM PTS Grade W L PCT vs E vs W RW-HL ADJ WL STR PVS JMP - ---- ---- ---- -- -- --- ---- ---- ----- ----- --- --- --- 1 CLE 96.0 A 66 16 .805 .769 .867 +25 .845 .490 1 0 2 LAL 91.9 A- 65 17 .793 .700 .846 +24 .818 .482 2 0 3 BOS 90.2 A- 62 20 .756 .788 .700 +21 .797 .497 3 0 4 ORL 89.4 B+ 59 23 .720 .712 .733 +18 .728 .490 4 0 5 POR 87.8 B+ 54 28 .659 .733 .615 +13 .698 .496 8 + 3 6 DEN 87.0 B+ 54 28 .659 .633 .673 +13 .700 .494 5 - 1 7 HOU 86.1 B 53 29 .646 .600 .673 +12 .671 .496 11 + 4 8 SAS 84.5 B 54 28 .659 .600 .692 +13 .673 .488 6 - 2 9 NOK 84.4 B 49 33 .598 .633 .577 +8 .616 .501 7 - 2 10 DAL 83.5 B 50 32 .610 .700 .558 +9 .631 .493 9 - 1 11 ATL 83.2 B- 47 35 .573 .577 .567 +6 .597 .503 10 - 1 12 UTA 80.4 B- 48 34 .585 .500 .635 +7 .602 .491 12 0 13 MIA 80.3 B- 43 39 .524 .538 .500 +2 .537 .505 14 + 1 14 PHX 78.6 C+ 46 36 .561 .533 .577 +5 .568 .491 13 - 1 15 PHI 77.3 C+ 41 41 .500 .481 .533 +0 .500 .500 18 + 3 16 CHI 77.3 C+ 41 41 .500 .462 .567 +0 .499 .499 16 0 17 DET 75.6 C 39 43 .476 .500 .433 -2 .473 .501 15 - 2 18 IND 75.5 C 36 46 .439 .442 .433 -5 .437 .509 17 - 1 19 MIL 72.8 C- 34 48 .415 .404 .433 -7 .402 .506 20 + 1 20 TOR 71.6 C- 33 49 .402 .423 .367 -8 .390 .505 21 + 1 21 CHA 71.5 C- 35 47 .427 .385 .500 -6 .409 .498 19 - 2 22 NYK 71.0 C- 32 50 .390 .385 .400 -9 .377 .505 22 0 23 NJN 70.8 C- 34 48 .415 .442 .367 -7 .403 .500 23 0 24 GSW 67.3 D+ 29 53 .354 .367 .346 -12 .328 .502 24 0 25 MEM 65.9 D 24 58 .293 .333 .269 -17 .267 .511 29 + 4 26 MIN 65.6 D 24 58 .293 .367 .250 -17 .276 .509 25 - 1 27 LAC 63.0 D- 19 63 .232 .300 .192 -22 .213 .514 28 + 1 28 OKC 62.5 D- 23 59 .280 .267 .288 -18 .247 .503 27 - 1 29 WAS 62.1 D- 19 63 .232 .192 .300 -22 .202 .512 26 - 3 30 SAC 58.4 F+ 17 65 .207 .033 .308 -24 .177 .509 30 0 ---- ----- -- -- --- ---- ---- ----- ------- ------- Team Points Grade W L PCT vs E vs W RW-HL Adj WL% STR Jump EASTERN CONFERENCE # TEAM PTS Grade W L PCT vs E vs W RW-HL ADJ WL STR 0 ---- ----- -- -- --- ---- ---- ----- ------- ------- 1 CLE 96.0 A 66 16 .805 .769 .867 + 25 .845 .490 2 BOS 90.2 A- 62 20 .756 .788 .700 + 21 .797 .497 3 ORL 89.4 B+ 59 23 .720 .712 .733 + 18 .728 .490 4 ATL 83.2 B- 47 35 .573 .577 .567 + 6 .597 .503 5 MIA 80.3 B- 43 39 .524 .538 .500 + 2 .537 .505 6 PHI 77.3 C+ 41 41 .500 .481 .533 0 .500 .500 7 CHI 77.3 C+ 41 41 .500 .462 .567 0 .499 .499 8 DET 75.6 C 39 43 .476 .500 .433 - 2 .473 .501 9 IND 75.5 C 36 46 .439 .442 .433 - 5 .437 .509 10 MIL 72.8 C- 34 48 .415 .404 .433 - 7 .402 .506 11 TOR 71.6 C- 33 49 .402 .423 .367 - 8 .390 .505 12 CHA 71.5 C- 35 47 .427 .385 .500 - 6 .409 .498 13 NYK 71.0 C- 32 50 .390 .385 .400 - 9 .377 .505 14 NJN 70.8 C- 34 48 .415 .442 .367 - 7 .403 .500 15 WAS 62.1 D- 19 63 .232 .192 .300 - 22 .202 .512 - ---- ---- ---- -- -- --- ---- ---- ----- ----- --- # TEAM PTS Grade W L PCT vs E vs W RW-HL ADJ WL STR WESTERN CONFERENCE # TEAM PTS Grade W L PCT vs E vs W RW-HL ADJ WL STR - ---- ---- ---- -- -- --- ---- ---- ----- ----- --- 1 LAL 91.9 A- 65 17 .793 .700 .846 + 24 .818 .482 2 POR 87.8 B+ 54 28 .659 .733 .615 + 13 .698 .496 3 DEN 87.0 B+ 54 28 .659 .633 .673 + 13 .700 .494 4 HOU 86.1 B 53 29 .646 .600 .673 + 12 .671 .496 5 SAS 84.5 B 54 28 .659 .600 .692 + 13 .673 .488 6 NOK 84.4 B 49 33 .598 .633 .577 + 8 .616 .501 7 DAL 83.5 B 50 32 .610 .700 .558 + 9 .631 .493 8 UTA 80.4 B- 48 34 .585 .500 .635 + 7 .602 .491 9 PHX 78.6 C+ 46 36 .561 .533 .577 + 5 .568 .491 10 GSW 67.3 D+ 29 53 .354 .367 .346 - 12 .328 .502 11 MEM 65.9 D 24 58 .293 .333 .269 - 17 .267 .511 12 MIN 65.6 D 24 58 .293 .367 .250 - 17 .276 .509 13 LAC 63.0 D- 19 63 .232 .300 .192 - 22 .213 .514 14 OKC 62.5 D- 23 59 .280 .267 .288 - 18 .247 .503 15 SAC 58.4 F+ 17 65 .207 .033 .308 - 24 .177 .509
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The NBA TOP 10: Making the Grade