December 5 - 2004

From now on, to help see how teams have been doing recently and hopefully clarify how the rankings work, I'm going to include the "score" change from the last post. Phoenix suffers from a home loss to the Timberwolves. Minnesota gains ground by beating both the Suns and the Clippers. The Knicks suffer the biggest change due to losses to Orlando and Charlotte, which consequently pulls Charlotte out of the gutter.

1. 2.15 / 0.05 / 15 - 3 / San Antonio Spurs
2. 2.09 / 0.01 / 15 - 3 / Seattle SuperSonics
3. 1.75 / -0.26 / 14 - 3 / Phoenix Suns
4. 1.44 / 0.46 / 11 - 5 / Minnesota Timberwolves
5. 1.38 / 0.24 / 12 - 5 / Sacramento Kings
6. 1.07 / 0.12 / 12 - 6 / Dallas Mavericks
7. 0.72 / -0.40 / 10 - 7 / Indiana Pacers
8. 0.70 / 0.20 / 11 - 6 / Cleveland Cavaliers
9. 0.61 / 0.07 / 10 - 5 / Washington Wizards
10. 0.49 / 0.20 / 11 - 5 / Orlando Magic
11. 0.47 / -0.07 / 11 - 7 / Miami Heat
12. 0.31 / -0.22 / 10 - 7 / Los Angeles Clippers
13. 0.23 / -0.02 / 9 - 7 / Denver Nuggets
14. 0.15 / -0.13 / 8 - 8 / Portland TrailBlazers
15. 0.13 / -0.23 / 7 - 12 / Toronto Raptors
16. 0.08 / -0.05 / 7 - 9 / Boston Celtics
17. 0.08 / 0.02 / 8 - 8 / Detroit Pistons
18. -0.03 / -0.58 / 8 - 8 / New York Knick
19. -0.03 / -0.37 / 6 - 10 / Philadelphia 76ers
20. -0.04 / 0.06 / 10 - 7 / Los Angeles Lakers
21. -0.27 / 0.00 / 8 - 9 / Utah Jazz
22. -0.37 / 0.19 / 6 - 12 / Memphis Grizzlies
23. -0.40 / 0.10 / 7 - 11 / Houston Rockets
24. -0.98 / 0.01 / 4 - 10 / Milwaukee Bucks
25. -1.35 / 0.07 / 4 - 12 / New Jersey Nets
26. -1.48 / 0.44 / 4 - 10 / Charlotte Bobcats
27. -1.62 / 0.45 / 4 - 12 / Golden State Warriors
28. -1.76 / -0.12 / 2 - 12 / Chicago Bulls
29. -2.35 / -0.17 / 2 - 14 / Atlanta Hawks
30. -3.16 / -0.06 / 1 - 14 / New Orleans Hornets

Home-field Advantage = 0.75