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

Pro Basketball Talk on NBC Sports podcast

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: