Playoff Pick'em Game

Okay, here is how it's going to work:

For each series, you will pick a winner and how many games it will take. For picking the winner right you will get points in an increasing amount like so:

--First Round - 2 points
--Conference Semis - 4 points
--Conference Finals - 8 points
--NBA Finals - 16 points

If you pick the winner right, you will also get a bonus score for picking the correct number of games that the series lasts:

--First Round - 1 point
--Conference Semis - 2 points
--Conference Finals - 3 points
--NBA Finals - 4 points

Go ahead and make your picks. Here's the bracket:

1st Round:
Lakers, 5 games
Nuggets, 7 games
Mavericks, 6 games
Suns, 6 games
Cavaliers, 5 games
Celtics, 5 games
Magic, 6 games
Hawks, 5 games

Conference Semis:
Lakers, 6 games
Suns, 7 games
Cavaliers, 6 games
Magic, 5 games

Conference Finals:
Lakers, 6 games
Magic, 6 games

NBA Finals:
Lakers, 6 games

1st Round:

cavs in 4
celtics in 7
bobcats in 4
bucks in 4

thunder in 4
nuggets in 7
mavs in 6
suns in 4

2nd round:

cavs in 4
bucks in 6

thunder in 4
suns in 4

semis:
cavs in 4

thunder in 4

finals
cavs in 4





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seriously.

and for the bracket, doesnt the 2 seed gon on the bottom?

Wow Ry ever thought about sending your resume to ESPN Sports? It seems to me that you like the rest of them over there on ESPN Basketball are up the Lakers jock strap there bud .

1st Round:
Lakers, 6 games
Nuggets, 6 games
Mavericks, 6 games
Suns, 5 games
Cavaliers, 4 games
Celtics, 5 games
Magic, 5 games
Hawks, 4 games

Conference Semis:
Nuggets, 7 games
Mavs, 6 games
Celtics, 7 games
Orlando, 6 games

Conference Finals:
Nuggets, 6 games
Celtics, 6 games

NBA Finals:
Celtics, 6 games
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I can be optimistic..

CBI wrote:

and for the bracket, doesnt the 2 seed gon on the bottom?

usually, but who said it has to?

TonyEM: Dead Prez wrote:

Wow Ry ever thought about sending your resume to ESPN Sports? It seems to me that you like the rest of them over there on ESPN Basketball are up the Lakers jock strap there bud .

They're the defending champions for a reason. As for ESPN, they've got much more of a hard-on for LeBron and the Cavaliers than they do Kobe and the Lakers.

They have a hard on for both. You got that loon in Stuart A. Scott who should be strapped down to a chair and pummeled repeatedly for his halftime commentating of replays and other NBA happenings and for his hard on for LeBron and the Cavs. Jalen Rose is also a tool of LBJ23's and an inarticulate one at that. Then you have Jeff Van Gundy and Mark Jackson who are constantly on Kobe and the Lakers nuts. Thank goodness for Hubie Brown (only objective voice on there). Breen who is a Knicks commentator who should get the eff out cause he lacks opinions of his own and just goes on with whatever is being said rather than be objective just plays the field as I've said before. However, you should give these guys a resume yourself I'm sure Hubie Brown can take yet another one of his colleagues taking the on some team's nuts approach with your hiring. I understand that they are the defending champs for a reason but before they even play a game in the playoffs or a series of games it's best to not say anything at all. Especially, with the way they've been playing lately.


Take it round by round. You can say that they will advance to the semis, but to say they will go back to the Finals and win it all now without actually playing a single playoff game this season yet is hopping on their nuts if I can say so myself.

West First Round:
Lakers beat Thunder 4-2
Mavericks beat Spurs 4-1
Blazers beat Suns 4-3
Nuggets beat Jazz 4-2

East First Round:
Bulls beat Cavaliers 4-3 (I BELIEVE IN THE BULLS!)
Magic beat Bobcats 4-1
Hawks beat Bucks 4-1
Heat beat Celtics 4-3

West Second Round:
Lakers beat Nuggets 4-2
Mavericks beat Blazers 4-1

East Second Round:
Heat beat Bulls 4-2
Magic beat Hawks 4-1

Western Finals:
Mavericks beat Lakers 4-3

Eastern Finals:
Magic beat Heat 4-0

NBA Finals:
Magic beat Mavericks 4-2

Very controversial bracket, but I just have a feeling...

My controversial bracket is more controversial than your controversial bracket

CBI wrote:

My controversial bracket is more controversial than your controversial bracket

My bracket is controversial...

Your's is just..dumb.

psshh.. says the guy who has the cavs losing to the bulls

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CBI wrote:

psshh.. says the guy who has the cavs losing to the bulls

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Says the guy who has the Bobcats sweeping the Hawks, the Thunder sweeping the Lakers and the Suns, and have the Suns sweeping like everybody else

I'm going to take this one step at a time calling the 1st Rd first and making my way through the other rounds later on.

1st Rd East:

Cavs v. Bulls (Cavs in 4 or 5)
Magic v. Bobcats (Magic in 6 or 7)
Hawks v. Bucks (Hawks in 5 or 6)
Celtics v. Heat (Celtics in 5 or 6)


1st Rd West:

Lakers v. Thunder (May be obviously wrong but taking a chance OKC in 7)
Mavericks v. Spurs (Right now I leave it at winner in 7 would have to see the 1st couple of games to determine victor)
Suns v. Blazers (Suns in 6 or 7)
Nuggets v. Jazz (Jazz in 7)

1st Round East:

Cavs in 5
Magic in 6
Hawks in 4
Celtics in 7


1st Round West:

Lakers in 6
Spurs in 7 (gulps)
Blazers in 7
Jazz in 6

In the immortal words of my good friend and Bobcats aficionado Jake the Snake Zychick one phrase and one phrase only can sum up what it means to play in the NBA Playoffs. And that phrase happens to be, "holla fo a dolla", with a dolla symbolizing respect from your other playoff peers.

Raza wrote:

CBI wrote:

psshh.. says the guy who has the cavs losing to the bulls

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Says the guy who has the Bobcats sweeping the Hawks, the Thunder sweeping the Lakers and the Suns, and have the Suns sweeping like everybody else

I went by favorites, not how good the teams are. lol

CBI wrote:

I went by favorites, not how good the teams are. lol

I noticed..

1st Round:
Lakers in 6
Jazz in 7
Mavericks in 6
Suns in 5
Cavs in 6
Celtics in 7
Magic in 5
Hawks in 6

Conference Semis:
Lakers in 6
Mavericks in 6
Cavs in 6
Magic in 7

Conference Finals:
Lakers in 7
Magic in 7

NBA Finals:
Lakers in 7 in one of the best Finals in history.

For the first time ever, I was almost tempted to pick against my favorite team, because they've, well, pretty much sucked lately. Banged up, no chemistry, and staggering into the playoffs...but you know what? I'm not betting against Kobe and Phil.

1irst round

WEST:
Lakers in 6

Utah in 7

Dallas in 5

Suns in 4

EAST:

Cavs in 5

Celts in 6

Maigc in 5

Hawks in 4

2econd Round

WEST:
Lakers in 5

Dallas in 6

EAST:

Cavs in 5

Magic in 6

Western Conference Finals:

Lakers in 7

Eastern Conference Finals:

Magic in 7

NBA FINALS

Lakers in 7

1st Round West
Lakers > Thunder in 5
Nuggets> Utah in 6
Mavs> Spurs in 5
Suns>PortlanD in 6

East
Cavs> Bulls in 6
Boston> Heat in 7
Magic> Bobcats in 6
Hawks > Bucks in 5

2nd Round

Lakers >Nuggets in 7
Mavs >Suns in 6


Cavs > Boston in 6
Hawks > Magic in 7

CF
Lakers in 6
Hawks in 7

NBA Finals
Lakers in 6 =)

WEST:
Lakers in 6

Utah in 7

Dallas in 5

Suns in 4

EAST:

Cavs in 5

Celts in 6

Maigc in 5

2econd Round

WEST:
Lakers in 5

Dallas in 6

EAST:

Cavs in 5

Magic in 6

Western Conference Finals:

mavericks in 7

Eastern Conference Finals:

Magic in 7

NBA FINALS

mavericks in 4

1st Round:
East:
Cavaliers in 5
Celtics in 5
Hawks in 4
Magic in 6

West:
Lakers in 6
Nuggets in 7
Spurs in 6
Suns in 6

2nd Round:
East:
Celtics in 7
Hawks in 7

West:
Nuggets in 6
Spurs in 7

Conference Finals:
Celtics in 6
Nuggets in 7

Finals:
Celtics in 6

1st Round:
Lakers, 4 games
Jazz, 7 games
Mavericks, 6 games
Suns, 6 games
Cavaliers, 4 games
Celtics, 6 games
Magic, 6 games
Hawks, 5 games

Conference Semis:
Lakers, 5 games
Mavs, 6 games
Cavaliers, 7 games
Magic, 6 games

Conference Finals:
Lakers, 5 games
Cavs, 7 games

NBA Finals:
Lakers, 5 games