alfdogg 0 Report post Posted April 17, 2008 East -1- Boston vs -8- Atlanta -4- Cleveland vs -5- Washington -3- Orlando vs -6- Toronto -2- Detroit vs -7- Philadelphia West -1- LA Lakers vs -8- Denver -4- Utah vs -5- Houston -3- San Antonio vs -6- Phoenix -2- New Orleans vs -7- Dallas Houston has homecourt against Utah. The schedule, via ESPN.com: Sat, Apr. 19 Cleveland 93, Washington 86 San Antonio 117, Phoenix 115, 2OT New Orleans 104, Dallas 92 Utah 93, Houston 82 Sun, Apr. 20 Orlando 114, Toronto 100 LA Lakers 128, Denver 114 Philadelphia 90, Detroit 86 Boston 104, Atlanta 81 Mon, Apr. 21 Cleveland 116, Washington 86 Utah 90, Houston 84 Tue, Apr. 22 New Orleans 127, Dallas 103 Orlando 104, Toronto 103 San Antonio 102, Phoenix 96 Wed, Apr. 23 Detroit 105, Philadelphia 88 Boston 96, Atlanta 77 LA Lakers 122, Denver 107 Thu, Apr. 24 Toronto 108, Orlando 94 Washington 108, Cleveland 72 Houston 94, Utah 92 Fri, Apr. 25 Philadelphia 95, Detroit 75 Dallas 97, New Orleans 87 San Antonio 115, Phoenix 99 Sat, Apr. 26 Orlando 106, Toronto 94 LA Lakers 102, Denver 84 Atlanta 102, Boston 93 Utah 86, Houston 82 Sun, Apr. 27 Cleveland 100, Washington 97 Phoenix 105, San Antonio 86 Detroit 93, Philadelphia 84 New Orleans 97, Dallas 84 Mon, Apr. 28 Orlando 102, Toronto 92, Orlando wins 4-1 Atlanta 97, Boston 92 LA Lakers 107, Denver 101, Lakers win 4-0 Tue, Apr. 29 New Orleans 99, Dallas 94, New Orleans wins 4-1 Detroit 98, Philadelphia 81 Houston 95, Utah 69 San Antonio 92, Phoenix 87, San Antonio wins 4-1 Wed, Apr. 30 Washington 88, Cleveland 87 Boston 110, Atlanta 85 Thu, May 1 Detroit 100, Philadelphia 77, Detroit wins 4-2 Fri, May 2 Cleveland 105, Washington 88, Cleveland wins 4-2 Atlanta 103, Boston 100 Utah 113, Houston 91, Utah wins 4-2 Sun, May 4 Boston 99, Atlanta 65, Boston wins 4-3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
USC Wuz Robbed! 0 Report post Posted April 17, 2008 Now West is set, I'll make my picks- Boston in 5, Detroit in 5, Orlando in 6, and Washington in 7 Los Angeles in 6, Dallas in 7, San Antonio in 6, and Utah in 7. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Damaramu 0 Report post Posted April 17, 2008 I'll go: Boston in 4, Detroit in 5, Orlando in 5, Washington in 7 Los Angeles in 5, New Orleans in 7, San Antonio in 7, Utah in 7 Ugh, I wish the first round was still best of 5. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Report post Posted April 17, 2008 Boston in 4, Detroit in 5, Orlando in 7, Washington in 6 Lakers in 5, Dallas in 7, San Antonio in 6, Utah in 7 Love, love, love having the #1 seed. Denver should be cake, given how the Lakers have torn their defense to shreds this season. If Bynum comes back by the second round, the Lakers will roll to the Finals. Might even do it anyway, if we get Ariza back. I'm just glad that the 4-5 matchup doesn't have San Antonio or Phoenix involved. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
naiwf 0 Report post Posted April 17, 2008 Boston in 5 Cleveland in 6, though I hope otherwise because I hate LeBron Orlando in 6 Detroit in 5 LA in 5 Utah in 7 San Antonio in 6, and I have a feeling Shaq picks up at least a few technical fouls if not a flagrant "to send a message" New Orleans in 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
teke184 0 Report post Posted April 17, 2008 East- Celtics in 4 Pistons in 6 Magic in 5 Wizards in 6 West- Lakers in 5 Hornets in 6 Suns in 6 Jazz in 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rendclaw 0 Report post Posted April 17, 2008 Boston in 4 Cleveland in 7 Orlando in 6 Detroit in 5 Lakers in 6 Utah in 6 San Antonio in 7 New Orleans in 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MFer 0 Report post Posted April 17, 2008 East: Celtics in 4 Pistons in 5 Magic in 7 Wizards in 6 (if this series goes 7, I think Gilbert chokes it away) West: Lakers in 6 Hornets in 7 Spurs in 7 Jazz in 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alfdogg 0 Report post Posted April 17, 2008 Added the schedule into the original post. If you have NBATV, you may even be able to watch the Orlando/Toronto series! I'll have my predictions tommorrow. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheOriginalOrangeGoblin 0 Report post Posted April 17, 2008 Edited picks from the other thread (now including the West): East Picks: Celtics in 5. Pistons in 4. Raptors in 6. Cavs in 7. West Picks: Lakers in 5. Mavericks in 6. Suns in 6. Jazz in 7. Yes, I said Raptors in 6. It's partly bias and partly the fact that I believe Toronto could actually take the series. It all depends on Kapono, Bargnani and Delfino. If the Raptors 3 point game is on, they can use their shooters as screens and open up the floor for Bosh, Ford and Calderon. The Magic have no one who can keep Ford from driving the lane or who can contain Calderon as a shooter and Bosh always plays very well against Howard for whatever reason. I think this is a very winnable series and I was really hoping that Raptors would get the Magic and not the LeBron's. Also, I don't see the playoff-rookie Hornets team getting by the very-hungry and very desperate Mavs. Not with Nowitzki at his best like he has been and Kidd finally picking up his game. It could go either way though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CanadianChris 0 Report post Posted April 17, 2008 East: Celtics in 4 Pistons in 5 Magic in 6 Cavaliers in 6 West: Lakers in 5 Mavericks in 6 Suns in 6 Jazz in 6 My Finals pick: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jwpeer 0 Report post Posted April 17, 2008 East: Celtics in 4 Pistons in 7 (People underestimating Andre Miller...) Raptors in 6 Cavs in 5 (Lebron has another level during the playoffs, people forget last year too quickly) West: Lakers in 4 (Denver has no chance) Mavs in 6 (Poor New Orleans...they only have two bad matchups, and they drew one of them) Suns in 5 (Worst matchup for San Antonio by far) Jazz in 5 I do know that the Western Conference playoffs will be awesome to watch. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bobobrazil1984 0 Report post Posted April 17, 2008 Mmm, playoffs, tasty East Boston in 4 Cleveland in 6 Orlando in 6 Detroit in 5 West Lakers over Denver in 6 Utah over Houston in 6 San Antonio over Phoenix in 7 New Orleans in 6 The best match is SA vs Phoenix, these were two of my possible Finals picks and they are right there in the 1st round, damn wild wild west. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chaosrage 0 Report post Posted April 17, 2008 Celtics in 4 Pistons in 4 Magic in 6 Wizards in 7 Lakers in 6 Hornets in 7 Suns in 5 Rockets in 7 (Hey, they have to make it out of the first round some time) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alfdogg 0 Report post Posted April 17, 2008 Boston in 4 Cleveland in 6 - Cleveland really has been lucky here the last two years. If the players are allowed to decide this series, then I still think Washington has the better team here. But, fat chance of that happening with LeBron James. Magic in 6 - Surprised to see so many people picking them, I figured this would be a sexy upset pick for a lot of people. Pistons in 5 Lakers in 5 Utah in 6 San Antonio in 6 New Orleans in 7 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
USC Wuz Robbed! 0 Report post Posted April 17, 2008 Gilbert Arenas called out the Cavs, so the Wizards better win. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Damaramu 0 Report post Posted April 17, 2008 Gilbert Arenas called out the Cavs, so the Wizards better win. He's running his mouth still? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SteakGrowsOnUecker 0 Report post Posted April 17, 2008 Bulls gave Boylan the boot this morning. Link Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PUT THAT DICK IN MY MOUTH! 0 Report post Posted April 17, 2008 Gilbert Arenas called out the Cavs, so the Wizards better win. He's running his mouth still? I hope he never stops. DeShawn told Caron that he’ll guard LeBron (sounds like a children’s nursery school rhyme) so that Caron can rest his legs. DeShawn was like, “I’ll run him around and play D on him and get the fouls so you can just go off on the other end.” So we have our own little gimmicks we’re brewing. With a team like the Cavaliers and a player like LeBron, all you need is distractions. We got to be Bush. We got to be Bush-league. We’re having everybody talking about the war, when we just want to get the oil. We’re Bushing it. That’s all we’re doing. We’re trying distract LeBron over here while we try to get some wins over there. That’s all we’re doing. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Teal-y Dan Report post Posted April 17, 2008 Bulls gave Boylan the boot this morning. Link Good. That clown was horrible. What a complete waste of a basketball season this was. Let's allow Ben Wallace to suspend people. Fuck you, Jim Boylan, you're a retard. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
USC Wuz Robbed! 0 Report post Posted April 17, 2008 That's not all. Isiah Thomas was informed he wouldn't be returning next season as coach of the Knicks and the Milwaukee Bucks also sacked their coach, whoever it was. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Teal-y Dan Report post Posted April 17, 2008 Larry Krystowiak. He just came in midway last season. I don't know what he was expected to do. The Bucks are bad. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Brett Favre 0 Report post Posted April 18, 2008 East -1- Boston vs -8- Atlanta - In Five -4- Cleveland vs -5- Washington - In Six -3- Orlando vs -6- Toronto - In Six -2- Detroit vs -7- Philadelphia - In Four West -1- LA Lakers vs -8- Denver - In Six -4- Utah vs -5- Houston - In Six -3- San Antonio vs -6- Phoenix - In Six -2- New Orleans vs -7- Dallas - In Seven Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alfdogg 0 Report post Posted April 18, 2008 There was an column in the Salt Lake Tribune today implying that the Jazz tanked last night's game in order to get the Rockets in the first round instead of the Spurs. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rendclaw 0 Report post Posted April 18, 2008 Like teams in the NBA haven't done that before. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cuban Linx 0 Report post Posted April 18, 2008 Celtics in 4 Pistons in 5 Magic in 6 Cavaliers in 6 Lakers in 5 Jazz in 5 Hornets in 7 Spurs in 7 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bigelow34 0 Report post Posted April 18, 2008 Boston in 4 Cleveland in 6 Orlando in 5 Detroit in 6 Lakers in 5 Utah in 6 Phoenix in 7 New Orleans in 7 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Maztinho 0 Report post Posted April 18, 2008 There was an column in the Salt Lake Tribune today implying that the Jazz tanked last night's game in order to get the Rockets in the first round instead of the Spurs. Really? I can't find it anywhere. And it was more of a case of Deron Williams having a nagging injury and SA just kicking the living crap out of them, why try hard when the Spurs are up on you by 25 at halftime? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Broward83 0 Report post Posted April 18, 2008 East -1- Boston vs -8- Atlanta Bostin in 4 -4- Cleveland vs -5- Washington Cleveland in 6 -3- Orlando vs -6- Toronto Orlando in 6 -2- Detroit vs -7- Philadelphia Detroit in 4 West -1- LA Lakers vs -8- Denver LA in 5 -4- Utah vs -5- Houston Houston in 6 -3- San Antonio vs -6- Phoenix San Antonio in 5 -2- New Orleans vs -7- Dallas New Orleans in 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Danville_Wrestling 0 Report post Posted April 19, 2008 There was an column in the Salt Lake Tribune today implying that the Jazz tanked last night's game in order to get the Rockets in the first round instead of the Spurs. Eh, I could care less either way. We haven't beaten the Spurs in San Antonio since '99 and I preferred not to play them in round one anyway. On another note, I'll root for Denver to take out LA but I'm not going to be delusional like Skip Bayless and say that they'll win that series. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
