The Colton Index:
Teams of the Week:
 | 1. Golden State Warriors(from 20th to 19th) |
 | 2. Cleveland Cavaliers (stays at 30th) |
 | 3. Washington Wizards (from 29th to 28th) |
Teams of the Weak:
 | 1. Los Angeles Lakers(from 1st to 4th) |
 | 2. Atlanta Hawks (stays at 15th) |
 | 3. Philadelphia 76ers (stays at 14th) |
Updated with Games as of Saturday April 9th
| Rk | Move | Team | W-L | Last 15 | Avg Diff | SOS Rk | Colton |
| 1 | +1 |  | 61-19 | 8-7 | 6 | 18 | 58.21 |
| 2 | +1 |  | 59-20 | 13-2 | 7.33 | 30 | 57.35 |
| 3 | +1 |  | 55-24 | 12-3 | 7.13 | 29 | 55.20 |
| 4 | -3 | | 55-24 | 10-5 | 6.3 | 21 | 55.16 |
| 5 | - |  | 54-25 | 8-7 | 3.58 | 11 | 53.40 |
| 6 | - |  | 55-24 | 8-7 | 5.81 | 28 | 53.03 |
| 7 | +1 |  | 53-26 | 12-3 | 3.71 | 17 | 52.87 |
| 8 | -1 |  | 49-31 | 11-4 | 4.64 | 14 | 51.50 |
| 9 | - |  | 50-29 | 10-5 | 5.35 | 27 | 50.55 |
| 10 | - |  | 47-33 | 10-5 | 1.7 | 7 | 48.27 |
| 11 | - |  | 45-34 | 10-5 | 2.41 | 13 | 47.60 |
| 12 | - |  | 46-33 | 10-5 | 1.76 | 8 | 47.27 |
| 13 | - |  | 42-38 | 9-6 | 2.09 | 10 | 45.12 |
| 14 | - | | 41-39 | 7-8 | 1.71 | 25 | 42.09 |
| 15 | - | | 44-36 | 7-8 | -0.6 | 24 | 41.93 |
| 16 | +1 |  | 41-38 | 7-8 | 1.09 | 26 | 40.70 |
| 17 | -1 |  | 38-41 | 5-10 | -0.75 | 4 | 40.59 |
| 18 | +1 |  | 37-43 | 10-5 | -0.86 | 23 | 37.90 |
| 19 | +1 | | 35-44 | 7-8 | -2.42 | 5 | 37.46 |
| 20 | -2 |  | 37-43 | 3-12 | -2.08 | 6 | 37.02 |
| 21 | - |  | 33-47 | 7-8 | -1 | 22 | 35.09 |
| 22 | - |  | 31-50 | 6-9 | -3.26 | 3 | 33.31 |
| 23 | - |  | 32-47 | 6-9 | -4.18 | 15 | 32.71 |
| 24 | - |  | 28-51 | 5-10 | -3.81 | 20 | 29.95 |
| 25 | - |  | 23-56 | 8-7 | -5.35 | 2 | 29.09 |
| 26 | - |  | 24-55 | 3-12 | -6.3 | 19 | 25.07 |
| 27 | - |  | 21-58 | 4-11 | -6.29 | 16 | 24.28 |
| 28 | +1 | | 22-58 | 6-9 | -7.58 | 12 | 24.12 |
| 29 | -1 |  | 17-63 | 2-13 | -6.46 | 1 | 22.87 |
| 30 | - | | 17-63 | 5-10 | -9.44 | 9 | 20.28 |
Note: Updating from last week...if the NBA combined the conferences and simply took the best 16 teams for the playoffs, the first-round match-ups would look like this if the season ended today (to account for differences in strength of schedule, I use the Colton Index full-season run of just wins and losses to rank order the teams):
1. San Antonio (58-19) vs. 16. Phoenix (37-39)
2. LA Lakers (55-21) vs. 15. Philadelphia (40-37)
3. Chicago (56-20) vs. 14. Houston (41-36)
4. Dallas (53-24) vs. 13. Atlanta (44-33)
5. Miami (54-23) vs. 12. New Orleans (44-33)
6. Boston (53-23) vs. 11. Memphis (44-33)
7. Oklahoma City (50-26) vs. 10. Portland (45-32)
8. Denver (47-29) vs. 9. Orlando (48-29)
Effectively, the bottom two teams in the East would be replaced by Phoenix and Houston.
Plan Accordingly:
Must watch games this week (all times ET):
Mon 4/11: Miami at Atlanta (7:00 PM); Orlando at Philadelphia (7:00 PM); Dallas at Houston (8:30 PM)
Tues 4/12: Chicago at New York (8:00 PM, TNT); Memphis at Portland (10:00 PM); San Antonio at LA Lakers (10:30 PM, TNT) - Hmmm...guess who's going to be in New York on Tuesday night?
Weds 4/13: New York at Boston (8:00 PM); New Orleans at Dallas (8:00 PM, ESPN); Memphis at LA Clippers (10:30 PM, ESPN)
Dunks of the Week:
Here are the top 5 Dunks for the week ending 4/9, as voted on by the Wegobomber Dunk Committee.
5. Blake Griffin bounces off the floor, sheds Brian Cardinal and still has enough to throw it down. Impressive!
4. Earl Watson gets a taste of a (cue Reggie Miller voice) George Heeeel.
3. Impressive one-handed alley oop slam by LeBron James off the inbounds pass.
2. Mo Williams passes up a wide open lay-up so DeAndre Jordan can posterize Dirk.
1. Tyreke Evans summons his inner J.R. Smith and takes flight on (cue Reggie Miller voice) George Heeeel.
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