[TDDance234]

Not a whole lot of people care about the NBA but none-the-less fun to play a little guessing game on who is going to take it all this year.. so, predictions anyone?

EAST:
1 Detroit vs. 8 Magic
2 Cleveland vs. 7 Washington
3 Toronto vs. 6 New Jersey
4 Miami vs. 5 Chicago (Chicago has home court)

WEST
1 Dallas vs. 8 Golden State
2 Phoenix vs. 7 Los Angeles
3 San Antonio vs. 6 Denver
4 Utah vs. 5 Houston

I'm going to go with Phoenix vs. Chicago in the Finals, going with Phoenix in 6.

Biggest upset is going to go to GS taking out Dallas in the first round.

[HenryGale]

The NBA playoffs are starting.....who knew?

[LUconn]

please explain why the Bulls have home court as the lower seed

[TDDance234]

I'm not so sure, myself, actually. I just overheard it on SportsCenter this morning and viewing the schedule it says:

1: HEAT @ BULLS SAT 3:00 PM[+]
Sat, 4/21
3:00 PM ET
ABC MIAMI @ CHICAGO
2: HEAT @ BULLS TUE 8:00 PM[+]
Tue, 4/24
8:00 PM ET
TNT MIAMI @ CHICAGO
3: BULLS @ HEAT FRI 8:00 PM[+]
Fri, 4/27
8:00 PM ET
ESPN CHICAGO @ MIAMI
4: BULLS @ HEAT SUN 1:00 PM[+]
Sun, 4/29
1:00 PM ET
ABC CHICAGO @ MIAMI
5: HEAT @ BULLS TUE TBD[+]
Tue, 5/1
TBD
MIAMI @ CHICAGO
6: BULLS @ HEAT THU TBD[+]
Thu, 5/3
TBD
CHICAGO @ MIAMI
7: HEAT @ BULLS SAT TBD[+]

[SuperJon]

Chicago has a better record than Miami.

[RubberMallet]

i'm going with Chicago vs Dallas w/ Chicago winning it all...

why?

cuz i'm a stupid bulls fan

[TDDance234]

I would imagine -- because Miami won the division, therefore garunteeing atleast a top-4 seed but they're playing the Bulls who have a better record? I knew that people were complaining about the seeding and I can see why.

[thepostman]

Not a whole lot of people care about the NBA but none-the-less fun to play a little guessing game on who is going to take it all this year.. so, predictions anyone?

EAST:
1 Detroit vs. 8 Magic
2 Cleveland vs. 7 Washington
3 Toronto vs. 6 New Jersey
4 Miami vs. 5 Chicago (Chicago has home court)

WEST
1 Dallas vs. 8 Golden State
2 Phoenix vs. 7 Los Angeles
3 San Antonio vs. 6 Denver
4 Utah vs. 5 Houston

I'm going to go with Phoenix vs. Chicago in the Finals, going with Phoenix in 6.

Biggest upset is going to go to GS taking out Dallas in the first round.

EAST:
1 Detroit vs. 8 Magic (Detroit 4-2)
2 Cleveland vs. 7 Washington (Cleveland 4-1)
3 Toronto vs. 6 New Jersey (Toronto 4-3)
4 Miami vs. 5 Chicago (Chicago has home court) (Miami 4-3)

WEST
1 Dallas vs. 8 Golden State (Dallas 4-1)
2 Phoenix vs. 7 Los Angeles(Phoenix 4-2)
3 San Antonio vs. 6 Denver (Spurs 4-2)
4 Utah vs. 5 Houston (Houston 4-3)

EAST SEMIS
Detroit vs Miami (Detroit 4-3)
Cleveland vs Toronto (Cleveland 4-3)

WEST SEMIS
Dallas vs Houston (Dallas 4-2)
Suns vs Spurs (Suns 4-3)

EAST FINALS
Detroit vs Cleveland (Detroit 4-2)

WEST FINALS
Dallas vs Suns (Dallas 4-3)

FINALS
Dallas vs Detroit (Dallas 4-2)

[bigsmooth]

detroit over miami in eastern finals
dallas over phoenix in western finals
dallas over detroit in the finals

[jcmanson]

Smoothie, Detroit and Miami would be play in conference semis.

I got Dallas over Chicago in 5.

[BJWilliams]

EAST:
1 Detroit vs. 8 Magic (Detroit 4-1)
2 Cleveland vs. 7 Washington (Cleveland 4-3)
3 Toronto vs. 6 New Jersey (Toronto 4-2)
4 Miami vs. 5 Chicago (Chicago has home court) (Chicago 4-3)

WEST
1 Dallas vs. 8 Golden State (Dallas 4-3)
2 Phoenix vs. 7 Los Angeles (Phoenix 4-1)
3 San Antonio vs. 6 Denver (San Antonio 4-2)
4 Utah vs. 5 Houston (Houston 4-2)

Semifinals:

Eastern
1 Detroit vs 5 Chicago (Detroit 4-3)
2 Cleveland vs 3 Toronto (Cleveland 4-1)

Western
1 Dallas vs 5 Houston (Dallas 4-2)
2 Phoenix vs 3 San Antonio (San Antonio 4-3)

Conference Finals

Eastern
1 Detroit vs 2 Cleveland (Cleveland 4-2)

Western
1 Dallas vs 3 San Antonio (Dallas 4-1)

NBA Finals
1 Dallas vs 2 Cleveland (Dallas 4-3)

2007 NBA Champions
Dallas Mavericks

[whmatthews]

I absolutely hate the NBA and never watch it. So, here are my picks.

EAST:
1 Detroit vs. 8 Magic (Detroit 4-0)
2 Cleveland vs. 7 Washington (Cleveland 4-1)
3 Toronto vs. 6 New Jersey (New Jersey 4-3)
4 Miami vs. 5 Chicago (Miami 4-3)

WEST
1 Dallas vs. 8 Golden State (Dallas 4-1)
2 Phoenix vs. 7 Los Angeles (Phoenix 4-0)
3 San Antonio vs. 6 Denver (San Antonio 4-2)
4 Utah vs. 5 Houston (Utah 4-1)

Semifinals:

Eastern
1 Detroit vs 4 Miami (Detroit 4-1)
2 Cleveland vs 6 New Jersey (New Jersey 4-3)

Western
1 Dallas vs 4 Utah (Dallas 4-0)
2 Phoenix vs 3 San Antonio (Phoenix 4-1)

Conference Finals

Eastern
1 Detroit vs 6 New Jersey (Detroit 4-2)

Western
1 Dallas vs 2 Phoenix (Phoenix 4-3)

NBA Finals
2 Phoenix vs 1 Detroit (Phoenix 4-1)

[belcherboy]

EAST:
1 Detroit vs. 8 Magic (Detroit 4-2)
2 Cleveland vs. 7 Washington (Cleveland 4-1)
3 Toronto vs. 6 New Jersey (Toronto 4-3)
4 Miami vs. 5 Chicago (Chicago has home court) (Miami 4-3)

WEST
1 Dallas vs. 8 Golden State (Dallas 4-1)
2 Phoenix vs. 7 Los Angeles(Phoenix 4-2)
3 San Antonio vs. 6 Denver (Spurs 4-2)
4 Utah vs. 5 Houston (Houston 4-3)

EAST SEMIS
Detroit vs Miami (Detroit 4-3)
Cleveland vs Toronto (Cleveland 4-3)

WEST SEMIS
Dallas vs Houston (Dallas 4-2)
Suns vs Spurs (Suns 4-3)

EAST FINALS
Detroit vs Cleveland (Detroit 4-2)

WEST FINALS
Dallas vs Suns (Dallas 4-3)

FINALS
Dallas vs Detroit (Detroit 4-2)

PISTONS RULE!!

[pbow]

West Finals:
Suns over Rockets 4-1

East Finals:
Heat over Raptors 4-3

NBA Finals:
Suns over Heat 4-2

I just really hope my suns win it all this year

[Chris Lang]

Sweet! Another Suns fan on this side of the country. I'd love to see the Suns beat the Bulls 4-2. That would be a sweet reversal from 1993.

[Sly Fox]

Don't tell me that Flagstaff experience turned you into one of those notoriously fair weather Suns fans. Chris, I expected more out of you.

[Chris Lang]

Actually, Sly, I was a Suns fan growing up in the D.C. area, back to the days of Tom Chambers and Dan Majerle and Jeff Hornacek. I never took to the Bullets, because, well, they were awful. I liked the way the Suns played, so I latched on. Getting to cover them for a few years was just a bonus. So no, not a fair-weather fan at all.

[WinthropEagleFan]

I'll be a complete homer to my team...

Heat over anyone in the Finals..

[bigsmooth]

sorry jc, i thought for some reason they re-seeded after each round, thus the pick. so detroit over cleveland in the east.

[jcmanson]

It's all good, I was just making sure you knew how everything stacked up

[TDDance234]

Detroit is going to be a tough out if Webber decides to show up. He provides them with 10x the offense B. Wallace ever gave them, at the same time, the Bulls are going to be able to throw 8-9 people out that can really play some defense.

I like the Bulls to pound their way out of the East.

[pbow]

Sweet! Another Suns fan on this side of the country. I'd love to see the Suns beat the Bulls 4-2. That would be a sweet reversal from 1993.

I agree...people always ask me why the heck the suns are my favorite team, and I can honestly say I have no earthly idea, I just know ever since I can remember i've loved the suns...one of my first memories of watching the NBA is watching the Suns vs Bulls finals with my dad.

In my opinion, I dont know how anyone who watches basketball can't be a suns fan now or at least a fan of their style of play. They're by far the most exciting team to watch, I mean as long as you dont count the Spurs

[BJWilliams]

Golden State knocked Dallas out last night and became the first #8 seed to win a seven game NBA playoff series:

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) -- Baron Davis knew his tender hamstring would limit him, so Stephen Jackson took a huge load off Golden State's do-everything star.

Davis and Jackson shot the ragtag Warriors right into the second round, capping perhaps the NBA's biggest playoff upset with yet one more memorable performance on their home floor.

http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/recap;_ylt= ... 2007050309

[bigsmooth]

good job TD on picking the golden state upset!

[TDDance234]

Stephan Jackson is the Mavs killer. First with the Spurs and now with the Warriors.

I'd love to see a Suns/Warriors final. Talk about an offensive clinic.