East meets West revisited - Basketball Playoffs
Unlike my hockey predictions, at least all of the teams I picked to be in the hunt in hoops are still there. Now lets have a look at the brackets and see how it’s gonna go down.
We’ll start with the East:
- Detroit over Orlando in six
- Cleveland sweeps Washington
- Nets over Toronto in seven
- Miami over Chicago in six
Round two:
- Jason Kidd, Vince Carter and the supporting cast of the Nets upset number on Detroit in five
- Heat over the Cavs in six
Eastern Conference Championship:
Just like I predicted in January Miami will be the Conference Champions by walking all over the Nets in five
Now the Confernce that matters:
West Round 1:
- Dallas sweeps Golden State
- Phoenix over the Lakers in five - sorry Kobe, the scoring title don’t mean nothin’ when your playing Steve Nash and the Suns
- Denver surprises San Antonio in seven
- Utah over Houston in six
Round 2:
- The Mavs are just too much for AI and Melo - Dallas takes down Denver in five
- Phoenix takes out the Jazz in six
Western Conference Championship
- In a seven game series that will prove to be ten times more exiting than the finals Dirk Nowitzki and the Mavs knock off Steve Nash and the Suns in dramatic fashion at the buzzer in game six.
NBA Finals
Dallas makes Miami look like school kids, turning off the Heat in five to take the crown.
The Championship should really be decided between the Mavs and the Suns, foregoing the inevitable embarassment of the Eastern Conference. Three teams to make the playoffs from the east have records of .500 or worse while the three top teams from the West all have far better winning percentages than the top team in the East.
NBA playoffs, NBA predictions, playoff predictions
April 22nd, 2007 at 12:14 pm
A sweep of the Golden State. Man, that’s harsh. I don’t expect them to win, but I think the Warriors will put up a good fight and push it to six games. But then again, I’m GS fan, so I’m being a bit optimistic.
Here are my first round predictions. Granted I got to see the first games played out already.
EAST:
Detroit over Orlando - 5 games at most
Cleveland over Washington - Sweep
Nets over Toronto - 6 games
Chicago over Miami - 7 games
WEST
Dallas over Golden State - 6 games
Spurs over Denver - 6 games
Houston over Utah - 6 games at most
Phoenix over LA - 5 games
May 5th, 2007 at 3:09 pm
Looks like your predictions are off. That was a sweet upset by Golden State and don’t be so hasty to knock out my Jazz. They are gonna take care of T-Mac and Yao tonight.