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  • Posted on: Mon, 04/14/2025 - 1:25am #1267667
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    dmo21
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    Okay, let’s try this again for another year! Hopefully we get more interest this year!

    Simple concept. Pick who you think is going to win each matchup and in how many games. Get points for predicting the right winner and get more points for predicting the right amount of games (only if your team wins, of course). Points escalate as we go further into the playoffs. Scoring breakdown can be seen here: https://staging.nbadraft.net/forums/topic/playoff-pickum-game-2016/

    It’s probably the easiest just to follow my format (well, easier for me). So here are my picks for this year:

    EAST:
    First Round:
    CLE (4)
    MIL (6)
    NY (5)
    BOS (4)
    Second Round:
    CLE (6)
    BOS (5)
    Conference Finals:
    BOS (6)

    WEST:
    First Round:
    OKC (5)
    LAC (6)
    LAL (6)
    HOU (6)
    Second Round:
    OKC (6)
    LAL (5)
    Conference Finals:
    LAL (6)

    NBA Finals:
    BOS (6)

    I know the playoffs aren’t fully set up yet, but there isn’t a lot of time between the play in games and the first round of the playoffs. Feel free to make updates to your guesses before each series starts.

    Now let’s see your predictions!

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  • Posted on: Mon, 04/14/2025 - 2:06am #1267668
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    Hitster
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    East First Round
    Cleveland in 5
    Milwaukee in 6
    New York in 6
    Boson in 5

    Second Round
    Cleveland in 6
    Boston in 6

    Conference Final
    Boston in 6

    West First Round
    Oklahoma in 4
    Clippers in 6
    Lakers in 5
    GSW in 6

    Second Round
    Oklahoma in 6
    GSW in 7

    Conference Final
    Oklahoma in 5

    NBA Final

    Boston in 6

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  • Posted on: Mon, 04/14/2025 - 3:00am #1267673
    NorrinRadd
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    Ok, mine looks pretty chalky;

    Cavs in 5
    Pacers in 7
    Knicks in 7
    Celtics in 5

    Cavs in 6
    Celtics in 5

    Celtics in 6

    Thunder in 4
    Nuggets in 7
    Lakers in 5
    Rockets in 7

    Thunder in 5
    Lakers in 6

    Thunder in 5

    Thunder in 6 over Celtics

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  • Posted on: Mon, 04/14/2025 - 9:44am #1267680
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    Zouldiers
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    EAST:
    First Round:
    CLE (6)
    IND (6)
    NY (7)
    BOS (5)
    Second Round:
    CLE (6)
    BOS (5)
    Conference Finals:
    BOS (7)

    WEST:
    First Round:
    OKC (5)
    LAC (6)
    LAL (5)
    HOU (6)
    Second Round:
    OKC (6)
    LAL (5)
    Conference Finals:
    OKC (6)

    NBA Finals:
    OKC (6)

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  • Posted on: Tue, 04/15/2025 - 7:32am #1267695
    NorrinRadd
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    Orlando is playing Atlanta, but they’re looking good atm.

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  • Posted on: Tue, 04/15/2025 - 8:24pm #1267699
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    Hitster
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    Do play in stats count as play off or regular season stats or are they stand alone I just wondered.

    I must admit I don’t like the 2nd chance games I just think it should be 7th vs 10th and 8th vs 9th with winners playing 2nd and 1st seeds respectively in the play off proper. Be straight play in games like in March Madness.

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  • Posted on: Tue, 04/15/2025 - 8:56pm #1267702
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    dmo21
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    Going to change my first round prediction as Houston is now playing Golden State. I still the Rockets will pull it off, but I think it’ll be 7 games now.

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  • Posted on: Fri, 04/18/2025 - 5:27am #1267740
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    OhCanada-
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    EAST:
    First Round:
    CLE (5\)
    MIL (6)
    DET (7)
    BOS (4)
    Second Round:
    CLE (6)
    BOS (6)
    Conference Finals:
    BOS (6)

    WEST:
    First Round:
    OKC (5)
    LAC (6)
    LAL (6)
    GSW (6)
    Second Round:
    LAC (6)
    LAL (7)
    Conference Finals:
    LAC (6)

    NBA Finals:
    LAC (7)

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  • Posted on: Sun, 04/20/2025 - 10:15am #1267782
    r377
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    Sorry bit late, tried not to cheat

    East First Round
    Cleveland in 4
    pacers in 7
    New York in 6
    Boson in 4

    Second Round
    Cleveland in 6
    Boston in 6

    Conference Final
    Boston in 5

    West First Round
    Oklahoma in 4
    Nuggets in 7
    Lakers in 7 minn won g1
    Rockets in 6 GS won g1

    Second Round
    Oklahoma in 6
    Rockets in 7

    Conference Final
    Oklahoma in 5

    NBA Final

    Boston in 7

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  • Posted on: Sun, 05/04/2025 - 8:40pm #1268076
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    dmo21
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    Post first round update! Well, nobody got the whole first round correct, so nobody is running away with it! Current standings are:

    1) r377 with 10 points (six first round picks were correct, hitting the correct games on 4 of them)
    2) NorrinRadd with 9 points
    3) Hitster with 8 points (has the most potential as he still has all his second round picks still in the playoffs, unlike everyone else)
    4) Zouldiers with 6 points
    5) nbadraft consensus with 6 points (only had 4 first round picks correct)
    6) dmo21 with 5 points (picking the Lakers getting to the finals was a bad choice)
    7) OhCanada with 4 points (having the Clippers win it all was a really bad choice ha)

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  • Posted on: Mon, 05/05/2025 - 12:05am #1268080
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    dmo21
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    Also, this is what our consensus picks looked like:

    EAST:
    First Round:
    CLE (5)
    MIL (6)
    NY (6)
    BOS (5)
    Second Round:
    CLE (6)
    BOS (6)
    Conference Finals:
    BOS (6)

    WEST:
    First Round:
    OKC (5)
    LAC (6)
    LAL (5)
    HOU (7)
    Second Round:
    OKC (6)
    LAL (6)
    Conference Finals:
    OCK (5)

    NBA Finals:
    BOS (6)

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  • Posted on: Mon, 05/05/2025 - 1:09am #1268081
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    OhCanada-
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    Stupid game anyways. I’d probably be 1st if I cheated like r377 and submitted late. This games rigged.

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