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NBA Power Ratings And Playoff Odds: The Toughest Remaining Schedule

Welcome to another round of FiveThirtyEight’s NBA Power Ratings. A quick note on how these numbers work: All 30 NBA teams are ranked according to a projection of their true talent over the upcoming week — and the upcoming week only — using Real Plus-Minus (RPM) player ratings provided by Jeremias Engelmann and Steve Ilardi. […]

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NBA Power Ratings And Playoff Odds: The Toughest Remaining Schedule

Welcome to another round of FiveThirtyEight’s NBA Power Ratings. A quick note on how these numbers work: All 30 NBA teams are ranked according to a projection of their true talent over the upcoming week — and the upcoming week only — using Real Plus-Minus (RPM) player ratings provided by Jeremias Engelmann and Steve Ilardi. […]

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NBA Power Ratings And Playoff Odds: Eight Teams, Three Playoff Spots

For most sports fans, this past weekend meant near-nonstop basketball watching — of the college variety, that is. But NBA players were also in action, so it’s time for this week’s edition of FiveThirtyEight’s NBA Power Ratings. How do these numbers work? All 30 NBA teams are ranked according to a projection of their true […]

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