March Update: How Health and Tanking Are Rewriting NBA Win-Loss Projections
Bleacher Report’s Grant Hughes updates the 2025-26 NBA win-loss forecasts for all 30 teams, incorporating strength of schedule, recent form, injuries and the season’s tanking dynamics. Notable shifts include the Boston Celtics edging up to about 54-28, OKC remaining around 62-20 despite absences, the Spurs surging to roughly 56-26, and the Nets hovering near 19-63 as tanking persists; other cases feature the Nuggets around 49-33, the Trail Blazers around 41-41, the Kings near 17-65, and the Lakers around 45-37, underscoring how health and late-season schedules will largely determine final standings more than midseason momentum.
