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Blazers will win it all !?! Playoff predictions (make yours)
Funny how that Spurs win changed the matchups from mostly lopsided season head to heads to all close season head to heads.
Anyways. Pick your bracket for the Western Conference, then pick either the Cavs or Celtics out of the East (or any other team if you wanna blow your pick) and predict the NBA Champion 2009. Here are my predictions: LA over Utah Portland over Houston Dallas over SanAntonio Nuggets over Hornets Portland over LA Nuggets over Dallas Portland over Nuggets out of the East: Celtics Finals: Portland over Celtics NBA Champs 2009: Portland Trailblazers Please don´t comment too much on other´s stupid picks (like mine). It´s all just for fun. I found it pretty boring to pick Cavs over Lakers or Lakers over Celtics that´s why I thought about other scenarios. I actually don´t think my pick has the best chance of happening. I just looked at some head to heads and realised the Blazers look pretty good against most top teams. I´ve seen them alot lately and they´ve been playing great, so that´s why I pick em (if they blow their 20 point lead over the Nuggets tonight they´d lose the season series 3-1 so that wouldn´t look too good then for my prediction but I´ll take the risk). I would have loved to pick the Mavs but I don´t think they`d beat either the Hornets or Nuggets in a series. |
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04-15-2009, 11:03 PM
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LA over Utah
Houston over Portland Dallas over SanAntonio Hornets over Nuggets Mavs over Hornets LA over Houston LA over Dallas LA over Boston in finals rematch |
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04-15-2009, 11:23 PM
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Mavs over Clevland in four.
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04-16-2009, 12:12 AM
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LA over Utah
Portland over Houston Dallas over San Antonio Denver over NO LA over Portland Denver over Dallas LA over Denver LA over Cleveland (reality is boring, huh?)
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04-16-2009, 12:34 AM
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LA over Utah
Portland over Houston Dallas over San Antonio Denver over NO LA over Portland Denver over Dallas LA over Denver Cleveland over LA |
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04-16-2009, 05:47 AM
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04-16-2009, 06:01 AM
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Cavs over Lakers
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04-16-2009, 06:34 AM
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My ideal scenario:
Lakers over Utah Hornets over Nuggets Mavs over spurs Portland over houston Portland over Lakers Mavs over hornets Mavs over portland Cleveland over mavs realistically: Lakers over Utah Nuggets over Hornets Mavs over spurs Portland over houston Lakers over Portland Nuggets over Mavs (or the otherway around - that series is wide open) Lakers over Nuggets Cleveland over Lakers Last edited by Lor20; 04-16-2009 at 06:35 AM. |
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04-16-2009, 10:28 AM
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LA over Utah
NO over DEN Dal over SA Port over Houston LA over Port Dal over Hornets LA over Dal Cavs orver celts LA over Cavs
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04-16-2009, 10:34 AM
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LA over Utah
Denver over NO SA over Dallas Port over Hou LA over Port Den over SA LA over Den LA over Cavs |
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04-16-2009, 10:59 AM
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None of these teams, Mavericks included, have shown any ability to win big road games. Upsets will likely be hard to come by. (Though I certainly hope not). I think the Rockets could be the only bottom 4 seed to move on, simply because of Portland's lack of experience.
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LA over Utah
Denver over NO SA over Dallas Portland over Houston LA over Port SA over Denver LA over SA Cavs over LA
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04-16-2009, 11:50 AM
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LA over Utah
Hornets over Denver Dallas over Spurs Portland over Houston LA over Portland Dallas over Hornets LA over Dallas Cleveland over LA
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04-16-2009, 02:41 PM
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LA ova Utah
NO ova Denver Dallas ova SA Houston ova Portland LA ova Houston Dallas ova NO LA ova Dallas Cleveland ova LA Last edited by MavsWiLLHaVeRinGs; 04-16-2009 at 02:42 PM. |
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04-16-2009, 04:51 PM
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Edit: Denver/Portland? I have no idea what you're saying. Last edited by Dirkadirkastan; 04-16-2009 at 04:52 PM. |
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04-16-2009, 04:58 PM
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Yeah 2nd round is Lakers/Jazz winner vs Blazers/Rockets winner and Mavs/Spurs winner vs Hornets/Nuggets winner.
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04-16-2009, 08:14 PM
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My predictions (posted on another forum):
If KG is out for the entire post season then I'd say it's a done deal for the Celtics. They could very easily, with KG, take the Cavs if they stepped up their game at home. I mean c'mon, it took the Cavs benching their entire starting lineup for the entire game for them to finally lose their second game this season at home by one. I think that it will either be Cavs or Magic for the East, and the West is too hard to call. The matchups are absolutely perfect in the west. You have the Jazz and the Lakers. The Jazz is good at cutting Lakers defense and getting to the paint, which results in easy points. On top of that they've shown the ability to play solid defense against Kobe which, if they can do that consistently, will give them a real shot in the first round. That being said I highly doubt that they will take the first round, but I do see it at least going to 6 with the Lakers taking it. Then there's the Nuggets and Hornets. The Nuggets play some straight up physical defense and can shut down David West if they dedicate themselves to it.. But they're not going to shut down CP3. I think that if the Hornets want to win it then Chris Paul will be forced to carry them through the Nuggets. He's proven that he can score 40+ points without hesitation, but I doubt that will be enough. Good thing is that Tyson Chandler will be back so there won't be enough defenders to double team both of them and put any kind of pressure on Chris Paul. The only real chance the Hornets have, aside from CP3, is if Peja steps up and really plays his best. IMO that's too many variables to overcome for the Hornets. I have the Nuggets taking this in 6, 5 if David West or Tyson Chandler don't play up to their potential. Spurs/Mavs. This is going to be a killer face off. The Mavs are playing the best ball of the season right now and could very easily take this one.. but it will come down to 7 games for sure. Tony Parker is playing some straight up killer ball right now, and Tim Duncan has stepped up his offensive presence right when he needs to. That being said Ginobili is the Spurs' closer, and he's out for the entire offseason (reported). That really gives the Mavs a chance to take it into the 2nd round given the seriously "upgraded" defensive efforts and having Josh Howard back to thin the Spurs' defensive presence. With the Spurs it looks like it will come down to the obvious Duncan/Parker efforts, but it will also come down to Mason Jr/Finley. Roger Mason Jr will really have to play some effective defense against Josh Howard and Jason Terry, whereas Finley will have to play his best offense possible. I, right now, pick the Mavs to win this in 7. Then there's the Rockets/Blazers. The Blazers might have no experience whatsoever, but I highly doubt that lack of experience is going to effect B Roy's game. The Blazers are solid offensively, but I don't know if they really have enough to overcome the Rockets' solid defense. The Rockets are considered the best Defensive team in the league right now (since Celtics have been sans KG), and they're going to be rallying up hardcore since the 4th quarter crush by the Mavericks last night. I would love to pick a winner here, but I don't know if I'd be able to. If I were forced to make a bet then I would put the Blazers up, but I don't want to be quoted on that. Mostly I just hope that the Blazers come through the Rockets because I believe that they are the biggest threat to the Lakers. |
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04-16-2009, 11:38 PM
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The most marketable NBA Finals would be Cavs/Mavs because it rhymes.
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04-17-2009, 08:49 AM
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cavs ftw
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04-17-2009, 11:29 AM
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LA over Utah
Denver over NO Dallas over SA Hou over Port LA over Hou Den over Dal LA over Den Cavs over LA
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04-18-2009, 04:34 AM
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Boston over Chicago
Orlando over Philly Cleveland over Detroit Atlanta over Miami Boston over Orlando Cleveland over Atlanta Boston over Cleveland Boston over San Antonio
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04-18-2009, 09:49 PM
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For whoever is watching the Houston - Portland match ups right now, I was wondering who are you going for in this series?? Personally I'm going for Houston but think Portland will win..
Yao is doing great and WOW this Portland arena is LOUD |
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