It’s time for my annual prediction of NBA regular season records (scroll to the second half of this post to see how I did last year). The 8 playoff teams for each conference are set off from the 7 teams in each conference that I predict will be in the lottery.
In the Eastern Conference
Miami – 59 wins
Orlando – 57 wins
Boston – 52 wins
Atlanta – 51 wins
Milwaukee – 51 wins
Chicago – 49 wins
Charlotte – 46 wins
New York – 38 wins
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Washington – 34 wins
Indiana – 34 wins
Philadelphia – 31 wins
Detroit – 24 wins
Cleveland – 22 wins
Toronto – 21 wins
New Jersey – 19 wins
In the Western Conference
LA Lakers – 57 wins
Dallas – 53 wins
Portland – 52 wins
Utah – 50 wins
San Antonio – 49 wins
Oklahoma City – 49 wins
Houston – 47 wins
Denver – 43 wins
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Memphis – 43 wins
Phoenix – 41 wins
LA Clippers – 40 wins
New Orleans – 39 wins
Golden State – 34 wins
Sacramento – 27 wins
Minnesota – 18 wins
In the name of transparency, here are my predictions from last year, compared with the actual teams’ performance. I was able to predict 6 of the 8 playoff teams for the Eastern Conference (I predicted Detroit and Washington instead of Charlotte and Milwaukee) and 6 of the 8 playoff teams in the Western Conference (I had New Orleans and the Clippers in the postseason instead of Phoenix and Oklahoma City). Not bad, but I’m shooting for 16 of 16 this year….
My 2009-10 predictions for the Eastern Conference (My prediction for wins appears first, followed by the actual win total)
Boston 63 50
Cleveland 60 61
Orlando 58 59
Atlanta 49 53
Chicago 44 41
Miami 44 47
Detroit 40 27
Washington 40 26
Toronto 37 40
Philadelphia 33 27
Indiana 32 32
Milwaukee 32 46
Charlotte 28 44
New Jersey 28 12
New York 25 29
My 2009-10 predictions for the Western Conference (My prediction for wins appears first, followed by the actual win total)
LA Lakers 62 57
Portland 58 50
San Antonio 57 50
Denver 55 53
Dallas 51 55
Utah 49 53
New Orleans 47 37
LA Clippers 40 29
Phoenix 38 54
Houston 35 42
Oklahoma City 33 50
Golden State 32 26
Minnesota 22 15
Memphis 20 40
Sacramento 18 25
My best predictions for the year? I had the exact number of wins for Indiana and was one off for Cleveland and Orlando. I was also only two wins off for Denver.
My worst predictions for the year? I was 20 wins off for Memphis, 17 off for Oklahoma City and 16 off for Charlotte, New Jersey and Phoenix.
Let me know what you think of my predictions…..
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