NBA Playoff Matchups as of tonight

[bksballer89]

Eastern Conference

1) Atlanta Hawks vs 8) Brooklyn Nets (Season series 2-0 in favor of Atlanta with 2 games left)
2) Cleveland Lebrons vs 7) Miami Heat ( Heat lead season series 2-1 with final meeting thursday in Cleveland)
3) Chicago Bulls vs 6) Milwaukee Bucks ( Bulls lead season series 3-0 with one game left. Neither team has touched 100 points in any of the 3 games)
4) Toronto Raptors vs 5) Washington Wizards (Raptors won season series 3-0)

My predictions for these current match-ups would look like this

Atlanta over Brooklyn in 5
Cleveland over Miami in 6
Chicago over Milwaukee in 5
Raptors over Washington in 6

 

[bksballer89]

Western Conference

1) Golden State Warriors vs 8) Oklahoma City Thunder ( Warriors won the series 3-1 but in reality it was 2-1 because I don't count the first matchup since OKC were without Westbrook and KD)

2) Houston Rockets vs 7) Dallas Mavericks ( Rockets lead 2-1 with the final match-up coming Thursday in Dallas)

3) Memphis Grizzlies vs 6) San Antonio Spurs ( Season series tied 2 but if these 2 meet season series should be thrown out of the window since 3 of the 4 matchups came in December when SAS are not nearly the same team they are now)

4) Portland Trailblazers vs 5) LA Clippers ( Clippers lead the season series 2-1 with the final meeting coming Wednesday in Portland)

My early predictions

GSW over OKC in 5 (if Ibaka is still out) but if Ibaka is back it is a 6 or 7 game series IMO with the Warriors advancing
Houston over Dallas in 7 games.
Spurs over Memphis in 5 or at max 6. Memphis is playing like shit and the Spurs are hitting their stride with the playoffs around the corner.
Clippers over Portland in 7. Remember Clippers would get HCA even as the lower seed as long as they finish with a better record but anyway I think this will no doubt be the best matchup of round 1 and would be a toss up and almost a lock IMO for a 7 game series

 

[Arizona_Sting]

Atlanta over Brooklyn in 5
Cleveland over Miami in 5
Chicago over Milwaukee in 5
Raptors over Washington in 5

GSW over OKC in 6
Houston over Dallas in 6
Spurs over Memphis in 6
Clippers over Blazers in 6

 

[Arizona_Sting]

Didn't even mean to make it 5 and 6 for each series in each conference…. just kinda happened.

 

[Arizona_Sting]

And to predict conference finals I'd go

Spurs-Warriors & Hawks-Cavs

 

[Mecca of the “B” Team]

Warriors in 6

Dallas in 7

Clippers in 6

Spurs in 6

Cavs in 6

Hawks in 5

Wizards in 7

Bulls in 5....I really want to call this one a sweep because the Bucks have been putrid with Carter-Williams.

 

[logic]

ATL over BKN in 4
CLE over MIA in 5
CHI over MIL in 4
TOR over WAS in 7

GSW over OKC in 4
HOU over DAL in 6
SAS over MEM in 6
POR over LAC in 6

still some jockeying of positions to go as far as match ups though.

 

[gordontrue]

Seed probabilities...

EAST
#1 seed - 100% ATL
#2 seed - 92% CLE, 8% CHI,
#3 seed - 53% CHI, 39% TOR, 7% CLE, 1% WAS
#4 seed - 61% TOR, 36% CHI, 2% WAS, 1% CLE
#5 seed - 97% WAS, 3% CHI,
#6 seed - 94% MIL, 3% MIA, 2% BOS, 1% IND
#7 seed - 50% MIA, 18% IND, 11% BOS, 9% BKN, 8% CHA, 5% MIL
#8 seed - 24% BOS, 24% MIA, 19% IND, 17% BKN, 13% CHA, 2% DET, 1% MIL

Miss PO - 23% MIA, 62% IND, 63% BOS, 74% BKN, 79% CHA, 98% DET



WEST
#1 seed - 100% GSW
#2 seed - 56% MEM, 23% HOU, 11% LAC, 7% POR, 3% SAS
#3 seed - 32% LAC, 22% HOU, 22% POR, 18% MEM, 5% SAS, 1% DAL
#4 seed - 71% POR, 14% LAC, 7% HOU, 5% MEM, 3% SAS
#5 seed - 33% LAC, 30% HOU, 18% MEM, 17% SAS, 2% DAL
#6 seed - 53% SAS, 19% DAL, 15% HOU, 9% LAC, 3% MEM, 1% OKC
#7 seed - 75% DAL, 17% SAS, 4% OKC, 3% HOU, 1% LAC
#8 seed - 84% OKC, 10% NOP, 3% DAL, 3% PHX

Miss PO - 11% OKC, 90% NOP, 97% PHX

 

[Demonjoe93]

Fucking Brooklyn needs to lose all their games so the Hawks can get the best draft pick possible.

 

[Hornsstampede2.0]

The Western seeds are going to be a scrambled mess and change slots over and over the last 2 weeks
Everyone sort of still plays each other
Only the #1 seed and #8 seed seem mostly locked into place. And Dallas is close to locking the #7.
But good luck predicting seeds #2-#6.

The East seems more set.
The top seeds are basically done. We just don't know which teams get to lose to them.

 

[bksballer89]

I need Brooklyn to make the playoffs so I can go to a game. I got so used to attending a playoffs game in Barclays yearly

 

[tducey]

Predictions:

Atlanta over Brooklyn in 5
Miami over Cleveland in 7
Chicago over Milwaukee in 6
Toronto over Washington in 7

Golden State over Oklahoma City in 6
Houston over Dallas in 5
San Antonio over Memphis in 6
LA Clippers over Portland in 6

 

[Hambombs]

Atlanta over Brooklyn in 5
Cleveland over Miami in 5
Chicago over Milwaukee in 5
Toronto over Washington in 6

Golden state over OKC in 5
Houston over Dallas in 6
San Antonio over Memphis in 6
Clips over Portland in 7

 

[gordontrue]

With the Nets victory over the Pacers they put themselves in the drivers seat for the 8 seed... Boston close behind.

 

[Flauge]

Heat vs Cavs... please please please.

 

[gordontrue]

Heat vs Cavs... please please please.

very likely at this point

 

[podsox]

nba playoffs should start the Saturday following ncaa championship. anyone else done with this regular season?

 

[bksballer89]

nba playoffs should start the Saturday following ncaa championship. anyone else done with this regular season?

Unforuntely I'm not because my team is in a heated race

 

[gordontrue]

East
1 Hawks
2 Cavs
3 66% Bulls, 33% Raptors
4 66% Raptors, 33% Bulls
5 Wizards
6 Bucks
7 40% Nets, 25% Celtics, 25% Heat, 10% Pacers
8 25% Nets, 25% Celtics, 25% Heat, 25% Pacers

West
1 Warriors
2 60% Rockets, 15% Grizzlies, 10% Clippers, 10% Spurs, 5% Blazers
3 50% Clippers, 20% Grizzles, 10% Rockets, 10% Spurs, 10% Blazers
4 85% Blazers, 10% Clippers, 5% Grizzlies
5 40% Grizzlies, 20% Rockets, 20% Clippers, 20% Spurs
6 60% Spurs, 20% Grizzlies, 10% Rockets, 10% Clippers
7 Mavs
8 66% Thunder, 33% Pelicans

 

[bksballer89]

The Heat are done.

I don't think we have 8 players available.

Deng and Beasley are likely out for the year while nobody knows when Whiteside and Bird will be back.....this is in addition to Bosh, McRoberts, & Napier all being out for the rest of the season