Hollinger's team ranking formula must value running up the score against the worst team in the league pretty highly. Blazers jumped to #3.
Point diff. is one of the biggest factors in his formula. Our home wins have had a point diff of ~18 pts each.
44 point wins -- even against the dregs of the league -- is almost always impressive. As for our lofty ranking? It's designed to measure recent performance (either the last ten games or last 25% depending on how far along you are in the season) so I guess by that yardstick it kind of makes sense.
As we should. Maybe he'll have the last laugh, but working for MJ might be worse than working for the Vulcans.