*Official NBA Playoffs Thread*

[MoJo23]

Ok guys, the regular season is all wrapped up and the playoffs will begin today.

Here the matchups for the first round of the playoffs:

First Round:

EAST:
Pistons 4-1 Bucks
Heat 4-2 Bulls
Nets 4-2 Pacers
Cavs 4-2 Wizards

WEST:
Spurs 4-2 Kings
Suns 4-3 Lakers
Nuggets 1-4 Clippers
Mavs 4-0 Grizzlies

Conference Semifinals:

EAST:
Pistons 2-0 Cavaliers
Miami 0-1 New Jersey

WEST:
San Antonio 0-1 Dallas
Phoenix 1-0 LA Clippers

[MoJo23]

Scores from 4-22 games:

Cleveland 97-86 Washington

LeBron James became the first player since Magic Johson to record a triple-double in his playoff debut. King James finished with 32 points, 11rebounds, and 11 assists.

Miami 111-106 Chicago

San Antonio 122-88 Sacremento

LA Clippers 89-87 Denver

[Darvish11]

I think the pistons will win, but im rooting for the mavs. Its the first time ive ever wanted a texas team to win anything. I think its because I really love their coach, avery johnson, ever since he was a player.

[MoJo23]

Scores from 4-23 games:

Indiana 90-88 New Jersey

Anthony Johnson's free throws with under a second helped Indiana to win game 1.

Phoenix 107-102 LA Lakers

The lakers came from 14 points down to take a 1 point lead in the fourth but the Suns were too much for the Lakers.

Games to be played later tonight

Detroit vs. Milwaukee 7:00 Eastern

Memphis vs. Dallas 9:30 Eastern

[Amir H F]

Well done to the Bucks who are staying in the game with the champs!

[MoJo23]

Well done to the Bucks who are staying in the game with the champs!

Yea great job by Milwaukee in the first half, but at the end of the day the Pistons will have too much fire power for the Bucks.

Half time Score: Detroit 43-37 Milwaukee

[MoJo23]

Guys, i just had an idea. Do you guys want to have a Prediction Contest for the playoffs?

Here are my predictions:

Eastern Conference:

Round One
(1) Pistons def. (8) Bucks, 4-0
(4) Cavs def. (5) Wizards, 4-2
(3) Nets def. (6) Pacers, 4-3
(2) Heat def. (7) Bulls, 4-2

Conference Semifinals
(1) Pistons def. (4) Cavs, 4-2
(2) Heat def. (3) Nets, 4-3

Conference Finals
(1) Pistons def. (1) Heat, 4-2
Western Conference:

Round One
(1) Spurs def. (8) Kings, 4-1
(4) Mavs def. (5) Grizzlies, 4-2
(6) Clippers def. (3) Nuggets, 4-2
(2) Suns def. (7) Lakers, 4-2

Conference Semifinals
(1) Spurs def. (4) Mavs, 4-3
(2) Suns def. (6) Clippers, 4-2

Conference Finals
(1) Spurs def. (1) Suns, 4-3

NBA Finals
Detroit Pistons def. San Antonio Spurs 4-2 REVENGE!!!

The winner can receive a rep point from each participant who joins the contest.

So what do you guys think?

[Amir H F]

I'll give it a try...but why didnt you put real teams but some teams that didnt even qualify?


Eastern Conference:

Round One
(1) Pistons def. (8) Bucks, 4-1
(4) Cavs def. (5) Wizards, 4-2
(3) Nets def. (6) Pacers, 4-3
(2) Heat def. (7) Bulls, 4-2

Conference Semifinals
(1) Pistons def. (4) Cavs, 4-2
(2) Heat def. (3) Nets, 4-1

Conference Finals
(2) Heat def. (1) Pistons, 4-3

Western Conference:

Round One
(1) Spurs def. (8) Kings, 4-1
(4) Mavs def. (5) Grizzlies, 4-2
(6) Clippers def. (3) Nuggets, 4-2
(2) Suns def. (7) Lakers, 4-1

Conference Semifinals
(1) Spurs def. (4) Mavs, 4-3
(2) Suns def. (6) Clippers, 4-2

Conference Finals
(2) Suns def. (1) Spurs, 4-3

NBA Finals
Miami Heat def. Phoenix Suns, 4-3

D.Wade Finals MVP!

[MoJo23]

Amir Jan, that was just an example of what i meant. But i will edit my post right now with my real predicitions.

[Amir H F]

Amir Jan, that was just an example of what i meant. But i will edit my post right now with my real predicitions.

I know, I was just hoping you did the real thing so I could copy paste and it would save me some time. But its cool I got mine done either way...but Im starting to have second thoughts of predicting Suns past the Spurs, but im sticking with it because I like the Suns.

[Amir H F]

Mavs beat the Grizzlies 103-93...so after all the teams playing once the only surprise upset was Pacers beating Nets by 2. I hope things will get more interesting in the upcoming matches.

[sabziabzi]

Scores from 4-23 games:
Indiana 90-88 New Jersey
Anthony Johnson's free throws with under a second helped Indiana to win game 1.

ouch....talk about revenge on your old team lol...

[Amir H F]

Man if I was a Nets fan I would have been furious! Wow they got screwed over like none other on that last foul...Kristic barely touched his jersey with two fingers (I dont even think Johnson fealt it, let alone his shot being affected by it!) But thats how it is in the NBA they arent perfect and you have to live with those things.

[MoJo23]

So no one else wants to predict the Playoffs? Come on guys, it will be really interesting to see how everybody does at the end.

Also here are the scores from todays games:

Cavs 84-89 Wizards

Indiana 75-90 New Jersey

Kings 58-59 Spurs
10:19 left in the 3rd quarter

And also i have updated the amount of games that each team has won on my first post.

[MoJo23]

Dallas’ Avery Johnson Named 2005-06 NBA Coach of the Year

http://www.nba.com/news/awards2006_coach.html