There is a very large 22.4% difference between the Bucks and the Raptors. The Toronto Raptors at 16.4% trail the Milwaukee Bucks at 38.8%. The gap seems to be widening. The Raptors chances are down from 20.6 percent. The playoff race should be a tight one with only -6.9 wins separate the 3 teams projected for the #5, #6 and #7 best conference record. In terms of having a realistic chance of winning the conference, there are 7 legitimate contenders (those with >=4% chance).

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There is a very large 41.7% difference between conference leaders. The Denver Nuggets at 21.3% trail the Golden State Warriors at 63%. The gap seems to be widening. The Nuggets chances are down from 23.9 percent. As far as teams fighting for the final playoff spots go, there is a very small difference in projected wins between the teams with the #5 best record and the team with the #7 best record. There is not a lot of parity and power is concentrated at the top of the conference with just 3 teams having at least a 4% chance of winning it.

There may be 12 playoff teams but there are only 7 true championship contenders (at least a 2% chance). At #2, the Bucks have a 14 percent chance of winning the championship, which is 38 percentage points behind the Warriors. The separation between the team with the #5 highest chances vs the #7 highest is 1.1 percentage points.