Gaze into your crystal ball, study your tea leaves, and prepare to play... 2009-2010 Western Conference Prediction Game! For those who have not played before, here is how it works. You list the 8 Western Conference playoff teams in ranked order by record (not seed). It is not necessary to motivate your choices. I keep the predictions in a spreadsheet and, as soon as the last regular season NBA game is played, tabulate and announce a winner. There IS a prize! Entries must be posted by midnight, the night before the first regular season NBA game. Entries may not be revised once posted. Contest is solely the enterprise of the initiator and has no ties to the Blazers, the NBA, or any internet forum. DaRizzle is defending champion. So far there has been no repeat Western Conference Prediction Game winner. Will this be the year?
1. Los Angeles Lakers 2. San Antonio Spurs 3. Portland Trailblazers 4. Denver Nuggers 5. Dallas Mavericks 6. Utah Jazz 7. New Orleans Hornets 8. Golden State Warriors
I know this is going to bite me in the ass, because I'm sure there will probably be some massive training camp injury that shakes this whole thing up, but what the hell; strike while the iron is hot. 1. Lakers 2. Blazers 3. Spurs 4. Denver 5. New Orleans 6. Utah 7. Dallas 8. Phoenix
1. Los Angeles Lakers 64-18 2. Portland Trail Blazers 62-20 3 San Antonio Spurs 58-24 4. Denver Nuggets 54-28 5. New Orleans Hornets 53-27 6. Dallas Mavericks 50-32 7. Utah Jazz 48-34 8. Los Angeles Clippers 44-38
1. Roy Wonders 2. Artesticles 3. McNuggets 4. The Mormons 5. The Richard Jefferson Experience 6. The Chris Paul band 7. Jason Kidd and his merry men 8. The Zach Randolph just left us rebound Clippers
1. Los Angeles Lakers 2. San Antonio Spurs 3. Portland Trailblazers 4. Denver Nuggers 5. Dallas Mavericks 6. Utah Jazz 7. Phoenix Suns 8. Houston Rockets
1. Blazers 63-19 2. Lakers 61-21 3. San Antonio 58-24 4. Denver 57-25 5. New Orleans 50-32 6. Utah Jazz 48-34 7. Oklahoma City 44-38 (wins tiebreaker) 8. Dallas 44-38 Blazers over Mavs in 5 Lakers over Thunder in 5 Spurs over Jazz in 6 New Orleans over Denver in 7 Blazers over New Orleans in 5 Spurs over Lakers in 7 Blazers over Spurs in 6
1. Los Angeles Lakers 2. Portland Trailblazers 3. San Antonio Spurs 4. Denver Nuggers 5. Dallas Mavericks 6. Utah Jazz 7. New Orleans Hornets 8. LA Clippers
1. lakers - 65-17 2. spurs - 62-20 3. blazers - 61-21 4. nuggets - 55-27 5. hornets - 50-32 6. jazz - 49-33 7. mavs - 47-35 8. suns - 45-37 9. thunder - 40-42 10. rockets - 37-45 11. warriors - 34-48 12. grizzlies - 28-54 13. clippers - 26-56 14. kings - 25-57 15. twolves - 21-61