TRY YOUR BEST AT PREDICTING THE PLAYOFFS! HERE'S HOW IT GOES: -State the winner of each series, the number of games it takes, and which games that teams wins and loses (if the series is 5 games or longer). EX: Blazers in 6 (W L W W L W), Spurs in 5 (W W L W W), etc. -We'll predict it round by round, and I will have updated standings after each round. SCORING: 1st Round: Correct Pick: 3 Points+Seed Correct Pick+Correct # of Games: 3 Additional Points 2nd Round: Correct Pick: 5 Points+Seed Correct Pick+Correct # of Games: 5 Additional Points Conference Finals: Correct Pick: 7 Points+Seed Correct Pick+Correct # of Games: 7 Additional Points NBA Finals: Correct Pick: 10 Points+Seed Correct Pick+Correct # of Games: 10 Additional Points Bonus Points: For correctly predicting the win pattern of the winning team, you'll get the following bonus points: 5 Game Series: 3 Points 6 Game Series: 6 Points 7 Game Series: 10 Points Here's the first round matchups: WEST: (1) Warriors vs. (8) Blazers (4) Clippers vs. (5) Jazz (3) Rockets vs. (6) Thunder (2) Spurs vs. (7) Grizzlies EAST: (1) Celtics vs. (8) Bulls (4) Wizards vs. (5) Hawks (3) Raptors vs. (6) Bucks (2) Cavaliers vs. (7) Pacers
MY PREDICTIONS: 1st Round: WEST: (1) Warriors vs. (8) Blazers Warriors in 7 (W L W L W L W) (4) Clippers vs. (5) Jazz Clippers in 5 (W W L W W) (3) Rockets vs. (6) Thunder Rockets in 6 (W W L L W W) (2) Spurs vs. (7) Grizzlies Spurs in 6 (L W W L W W) EAST: (1) Celtics vs. (8) Bulls Bulls in 6 (W L W W L W) (4) Wizards vs. (5) Hawks Wizards in 7 (W W L L W L W) (3) Raptors vs. (6) Bucks Raptors in 7 (W L L L W W W) (2) Cavaliers vs. (7) Pacers Cavaliers in 5 (W L W W W) 2nd Round: WEST: (1) Warriors vs. (4) Clippers Warriors in 5 (W W W L W) (2) Spurs vs. (3) Rockets Spurs in 4 EAST: (4) Wizards vs. (8) Bulls Wizards in 7 (W L L W W L W) (2) Cavaliers vs. (3) Raptors Raptors in 6 (L L W W W W) Conference Finals: WEST: (1) Warriors vs. (2) Spurs Spurs in 6 (W W L W L W) EAST: (3) Raptors vs. (4) Wizards Raptors in 7 (W W L W L L W) NBA FINALS: Spurs vs. Raptors Spurs in 6 (W W L L W W)
My Predictions First Round : Western Conference Warriors (1) VS Blazers (8) Blazers in 6 (W,L,W,W, L,W) Clippers (4) VS Jazz (5) Jazz in 7 ( L, W, W, L, L, W, W) Rockets(3) VS Thunder(6) Thunder in 7 (W,L, W,W, L, W) Spurs (2) VS Memphis (7) Spurs in 6 ( W, W, L, L, W, W) Eastern Conference Boston(1) VS Chicago (8) Boston in 4 ( W, W, W, W) Wizards (4) VS Atlanta (5) Wizards in 6 (W,L,L, W, W, W) Toronto (3) VS Milwaukee (6) Raptors in 5 ( W,W, L, W, W) Cleveland (2) VS Indiana Cavs in 5 ( W, W, W, L, W) Second Round: Western Conference Jazz(5) VS Blazers (8) Blazers in 6( W, L, W, W, L, W) Spurs (2) VS Thunder (7) Spurs in 6 (L, W, W, L, W, W) Eastern Conference Boston (1) VS Wizards(4 ) Boston in 5(W, W, L, W, W) Cleveland (1) VS Toronto (3) Cleveland in 7 (W,W, L, L, W, L, W) Conference Finals: Western Conference Spurs (2) VS Blazers (8) Blazers in 6 ( W,L,W,W, L, W) Eastern Conference Boston (1) VS Cleveland (2) Boston in 7 (W,L,W,L,W,L, W) Finals: Boston VS Blazers Blazers in 6 ( L,W,W,W,L,W)
West Blazers vs Warriors - Blazers in 6 (Blazers) W, L, W, W, L, W Spurs vs Grizzlies - Spurs in 5 (Spurs) W, W, W, L, W Clippers vs Jazz - Clippers in 5 (Clippers) W, W, L, W, W Rockets vs Thunder - Thunder in 7 (Thunder) L, W, L, W, W, L, W East Celtics vs Bulls - Celtics in 5 (Celtics) W, W, L, W, W Cavs vs Pacers - Cavs in 4 (Cavs) W, W, W, W Raptors vs Bucks - Bucks in 6 (Bucks) L, W, W, W, L, W Hawks vs Wizards - Wizards in 5 (Wizards) W, W, L, W, W
Warriors (1) VS Blazers (8) Warriors in 5 (W,W,W, L,W) Clippers (4) VS Jazz (5) Jazz in 6 (L, W, W, L, W, W) Rockets(3) VS Thunder(6) Rockets in 6 (W, L, W, L, W, W) Spurs (2) VS Memphis (7) Spurs in 5 ( W, W, L, W, W) Boston(1) VS Chicago (8) Boston in 6 ( W, W, L, L, W, W) Wizards (4) VS Atlanta (5) Wizards in 7 (W, L, W, L, W, L, W) Toronto (3) VS Milwaukee (6) Raptors in 5 ( W,W, L, W, W) Cleveland (2) VS Indiana Cavs in 6 (L, W, L, W, W, W)
Blazers will be stumped by the refs so the Warriors can sell more #30 and #35 jerseys and stinkin $40 hats. Abridged Version GS 4-2 = GS in 6 (and so forth) Jazz 4-3 Thunder 4-2 Spurs 4-0 Boston 4-1 Wizards 4-1 Toronto 4-3 Cleveland 4-0 Get OUT Golden State... Harlots on the run////////////////
Warriors (1) VS Blazers (8) Warriors in 4 (W,W,W,W) Clippers (4) VS Jazz (5) Clips in 6 (W, W, L, L, W, W) Rockets(3) VS Thunder(6) Rockets in 6 (W, W, L, W, L, W) Spurs (2) VS Memphis (7) Spurs in 7 ( W, W, L, L, W, L, W) Boston(1) VS Chicago (8) Boston in 5 ( W, W, L, W, W) Wizards (4) VS Atlanta (5) Wizards in 4 (W, W, W, W) Toronto (3) VS Milwaukee (6) Raptors in 5 ( W,W, L, W, W) Cleveland (2) VS Indiana Cavs in 5 (W, L, W, W, W)