National Basketball Association
	Team rankings
	Through 2008 Regular Season
						Basic ratings				Specific ratings
Rank	Team	Conference / Division	W	L		Net	Score	Win		StrOpp	Road	Recent		OpR	Var
1	Boston Celtics	Eastern - Atlantic	66	16		10.86	8.44	2.42		0.67	0.59	(0.33)		(1.03)	8.47
2	Los Angeles Lakers	Western - Pacific	57	25		8.18	7.46	0.72		0.36	0.85	0.39		0.08	9.93
3	New Orleans Hornets	Western - Southwest	56	26		7.41	6.21	1.20		(0.55)	0.45	0.15		0.15	10.24
4	Detroit Pistons	Eastern - Central	59	23		7.31	5.17	2.14		0.08	(0.17)	(0.32)		(0.79)	9.01
5	San Antonio Spurs	Western - Southwest	56	26		7.27	5.57	1.70		0.06	(0.53)	0.60		0.34	7.47
6	Utah Jazz	Western - Northwest	54	28		7.18	8.15	(0.97)		0.75	(1.85)	0.87		(0.06)	10.45
7	Phoenix Suns	Western - Pacific	55	27		6.97	6.05	0.92		0.34	0.44	0.72		0.06	8.50
8	Houston Rockets	Western - Southwest	55	27		6.84	5.58	1.26		(0.24)	0.14	(0.08)		0.11	7.44
9	Dallas Mavericks	Western - Southwest	51	31		5.33	5.05	0.28		(0.32)	(0.41)	0.17		0.12	8.36
10	Orlando Magic	Eastern - Southeast	52	30		5.16	5.80	(0.64)		0.14	1.16	0.99		(0.80)	8.61
11	Denver Nuggets	Western - Northwest	50	32		4.59	4.25	0.34		(0.17)	(1.51)	0.42		(0.01)	9.28
12	Golden State Warriors	Western - Pacific	48	34		3.02	1.44	1.58		0.15	0.79	(1.16)		0.19	9.74
13	Cleveland Cavaliers	Eastern - Central	45	37		0.93	(0.57)	1.50		0.78	0.22	(0.54)		(0.28)	7.06
14	Washington Wizards	Eastern - Southeast	43	39		0.19	(0.48)	0.67		(0.45)	0.08	0.17		(0.39)	9.65
15	Toronto Raptors	Eastern - Atlantic	41	41		(0.14)	0.63	(0.77)		(1.04)	(0.32)	(0.87)		(0.46)	9.46
16	Portland Trail Blazers	Western - Northwest	41	41		(0.19)	(1.56)	1.37		0.06	(0.62)	(0.06)		0.53	6.92
17	Philadelphia 76 ers	Eastern - Atlantic	40	42		(0.45)	0.46	(0.91)		(0.53)	0.14	(0.77)		(0.37)	9.43
18	Sacramento Kings	Western - Pacific	38	44		(1.19)	(1.36)	0.17		1.07	(0.36)	0.22		0.35	8.47
19	Atlanta Hawks	Eastern - Southeast	37	45		(2.60)	(2.48)	(0.12)		0.45	(0.15)	(0.43)		(0.49)	7.89
20	Indiana Pacers	Eastern - Central	36	46		(2.68)	(1.56)	(1.12)		0.32	0.43	0.55		(0.60)	7.10
21	Chicago Bulls	Eastern - Central	33	49		(4.05)	(3.49)	(0.56)		0.22	0.45	(0.48)		(0.19)	9.73
22	New Jersey Nets	Eastern - Atlantic	34	48		(4.05)	(4.31)	0.26		0.05	0.29	0.20		(0.21)	7.54
23	Charlotte Bobcats	Eastern - Southeast	32	50		(4.23)	(2.82)	(1.41)		(0.07)	(0.44)	0.86		(0.28)	7.89
24	Minnesota Timberwolves	Western - Northwest	22	60		(7.76)	(5.18)	(2.58)		0.86	0.38	0.32		0.46	9.15
25	Milwaukee Bucks	Eastern - Central	26	56		(8.03)	(8.27)	0.24		0.48	(0.23)	(0.91)		(0.09)	8.18
26	New York Knicks	Eastern - Atlantic	23	59		(8.40)	(6.73)	(1.67)		1.20	0.48	(0.02)		(0.05)	8.37
27	Memphis Grizzlies	Western - Southwest	22	60		(8.41)	(7.07)	(1.34)		(0.24)	0.70	(0.31)		0.51	8.99
28	Los Angeles Clippers	Western - Pacific	23	59		(8.42)	(8.30)	(0.12)		(0.23)	0.86	(0.86)		0.79	8.32
29	Seattle SuperSonics	Western - Northwest	20	62		(9.21)	(7.83)	(1.38)		0.61	0.04	0.50		0.73	8.60
30	Miami Heat	Eastern - Southeast	15	67		(12.73)	(9.90)	(2.83)		0.50	0.88	0.05		0.05	7.50
			41	41		(0.04)	(0.06)	0.01		0.18	0.09	0.00		(0.05)	8.59
	Basic rating system
	A Somis Sports team Net rating is typically the sum of the Score rating and the Win
	rating.  The score rating is based on the final score (margin of victory) and the strength of the
	team's opposition.  The score rating does not give extra weight to whether or not the
	team won or lost the game.  The win rating is based on the team's won-lost record
	relative to the strength of its schedule and relative to its score rating.
	Specific ratings
	StrOpp - results vs. stronger opposition (a positive number means the team tends to play better vs. stronger opposition).
	Road - results in road games.
	Recent - results in more recent games.
	Other ratings
	OpR - average opponent rating (i.e., schedule difficulty).
	Var - average variance per game - average variance from the expected result. A higher number means the team tends to be more inconsistent.
	The average variance is based on the margin of victory or loss (final score) and does not relate directly to wins and losses.