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Ranking NBA's best-of-the-rest teams

Episode Summary

Five teams have emerged as consensus favorites to win the 2022 NBA title: Phoenix Suns, Golden State Warriors, Philadelphia 76ers, Milwaukee Nets and Brooklyn Nets. Does anyone else belong in that group?

Episode Notes

Five teams have emerged as consensus favorites to win the 2022 NBA title: Phoenix Suns, Golden State Warriors, Philadelphia 76ers, Milwaukee Nets and Brooklyn Nets.

Does anyone else belong in that group?

Eight other teams have at least a 98% chance of making the playoffs, according to The Ringer:

• Miami Heat (41-22)
• Chicago Bulls (39-23)
• Cleveland Cavaliers (36-26)
• Boston Celtics (37-27)
• Memphis Grizzlies (43-20)
• Utah Jazz (39-22)
• Dallas Mavericks (37-25)
• Denver Nuggets (36-26)

On the latest ProBasketballTalk Podcast, Dan Feldman and Dan Devine of The Ringer – who recently wrote an excellent article on the Heat's playoff hopes – rank those eight best-of-the-rest teams: