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2015-16 NBA Playoff and MVP Probabilities

Posted by Jonah Gardner on November 18, 2015

The NBA season is in full swing so our playoff and MVP probabilities pages are live. The playoff probabilities project the odds a team has of making the playoffs; while the MVP projections show the likelihood a given player has of winning MVP if voting happened today. On the playoff side, it looks like the Rockets and Pelicans are in trouble, while the Suns and Celtics are early season surprises. Sixers and Lakers fans can also track their odds of winning the lottery. Here's more info on how the projections are made and where we get the projected draft order from.

Oh, and as far as MVP goes, Stephen Curry is really really good

Rk Player Tm W L W/L% MP eFG% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PTS Prob%
1 Stephen Curry GSW 12 0 1.000 35.5 .641 0.5 4.3 4.8 5.9 2.4 0.3 3.4 33.7 96.1%
2 Russell Westbrook OKC 6 5 .545 34.9 .509 2.2 5.5 7.7 10.6 2.3 0.3 5.2 26.7 0.9%
3 Draymond Green GSW 12 0 1.000 34.0 .521 1.5 6.5 8.0 6.9 1.3 1.4 2.5 12.0 0.8%
4 LeBron James CLE 8 3 .727 36.6 .539 1.1 5.6 6.7 6.1 1.8 0.6 3.4 27.3 0.7%
5 Blake Griffin LAC 6 4 .600 34.1 .558 2.3 6.7 9.0 4.3 0.8 0.5 1.7 26.6 0.5%
6 Kawhi Leonard SAS 8 2 .800 33.1 .569 1.0 6.7 7.7 1.6 1.9 1.3 1.4 21.6 0.4%
7 Kevin Durant OKC 6 5 .545 34.8 .572 0.3 7.0 7.3 3.0 0.8 1.3 2.3 28.1 0.3%
8 Andre Drummond DET 6 5 .545 37.4 .530 6.4 12.5 18.9 1.0 1.8 1.4 2.6 19.1 0.1%
9 Eric Bledsoe PHO 6 4 .600 33.4 .545 0.5 3.6 4.1 5.9 2.1 0.5 3.6 23.0 0.1%
10 Kyle Lowry TOR 7 5 .583 35.0 .503 0.8 4.0 4.8 6.3 2.6 0.7 3.2 20.3 0.1%
Provided by Basketball-Reference.com: View Original Table
Generated 11/18/2015.

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One Response to “2015-16 NBA Playoff and MVP Probabilities”

  1. James Dennis Says: November 20th, 2015 at 7:21 pm

    This MVP race is between two guys, Steph Curry and Russell Wesrbrook