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kei2

04-15-2004, 02:30 PM

WEST 1st Round

1 MIN vs 8 DEN - MIN in 5
2 LAL vs 7 HOU - LAL in 6
3 SA vs 6 MEM - SA in 7
4 SAC vs 5 DAL - DAL in 7

EAST 1st Round

1 IND vs 8 BOS - IND in 4
2 NJ vs 7 NY - NJ in 6
3 DET vs 6 MIL - DET in 5
4 MIA vs 5 NOR - MIA in 5

Only picking one upset (and a 4/5 isn't really an upset), but I think the Spurs will have their hands full with Memphis. The Grizzlies are scary, potential to beat any team out west... but in a long series I don't think they'll be able to pull it off. I don't like the Mavs at all, but the Kings have been cold lately.

Showtime

04-15-2004, 02:38 PM

Round 1
MIN vs DEN - DEN in 6
LA vs HOU - LA in 4
SA vs MEM - SA in 5
SAC vs DAL - DAL in 7

East
IND vs BOS - IND in 4
NJ vs NY - NJ in 5
DET vs MIL - DET in 5
MIA vs NOR - MIA in 5

-jel:halo:

bachviet

04-15-2004, 02:58 PM

There ain't no way the Fakers are going to sweep the Rockets.

Showtime

04-15-2004, 03:05 PM

There is no way Francine and the sprockets are going to win a single game against the mighty Lakeshow!

-jel:bonk:

catch22

04-15-2004, 03:41 PM

KG will finally get a ring!!!!

molecularfire

04-15-2004, 04:17 PM

Round 1

West
MIN vs DEN - MIN in 4
LA vs HOU - LA in 6
SA vs MEM - SA in 5
SAC vs DAL - DAL in 7

East
IND vs BOS - IND in 4
NJ vs NY - NJ in 6
DET vs MIL - DET in 4
MIA vs NOR - NOR in 7

baggio248

04-15-2004, 04:57 PM

Round 1

West
MIN vs DEN - MIN in 4
LA vs HOU - LA in 4
SA vs MEM - SA in 5
SAC vs DAL - SAC in 7

East
IND vs BOS - IND in 4
NJ vs NY - NJ in 5
DET vs MIL - DET in 5
MIA vs NOR - NOR in 6

cheapchinese

04-15-2004, 05:23 PM

it'll be much easier if you asked..
WILL the MIN pass the first round this time??

YES!!!!

Grumpy

04-15-2004, 07:18 PM

it'll be much easier if you asked..
WILL the MIN pass the first round this time??

YES!!!!

KG and the T-Wovles every year can barely pass the 1st round. Hopefully this year they will pass.

bachviet

04-15-2004, 08:17 PM

KG and the T-Wovles every year can barely pass the 1st round. Hopefully this year they will pass.
Not true this year though. With the addition of Spreewell (sp?) and Cassell (sp?), they will pass first round and have a very good shot of winning it all.

jel,

Your Fakers ain't nuthin' but a freak show with two rich adolescents who can't get along. One of them is accused of raping!

attgig

04-15-2004, 09:43 PM

West
Round 1
MIN vs DEN - MIN in 6
LA vs HOU - HOU in 5
SAS vs MEM - SA in 6
SAC vs DAL - DAL in 7

East
IND vs BOS - IND in 4
NJ vs NY - NY in 7
DET vs MIL - DET in 4
MIA vs NOR - MIA in 5

can I go on?

round 2
Min VS DAL - Dal in 7
HOU VS SA - SA in 6
IND vs MIA - IND in 7
NY vs DET - NY in 7

round 3
DAL vs SA - SA in 5
IND vs NY - IND in 6

finals:
SA vs IND - IND in 7

KG and the T-Wovles every year can barely pass the 1st round. Hopefully this year they will pass.

can pass???

they've NEVER passed....

btw, what's up with NOBODY picking houston to win????
GO YAO!

ialsohaveadream

04-16-2004, 06:43 AM

Round 1
MIN vs DEN - MIN in 5
LA vs HOU - LA in 7
SAS vs MEM - SA in 7
SAC vs DAL - SAC in 6

East
IND vs BOS - IND in 4
NJ vs NY - NJ in 4
DET vs MIL - DET in 6
MIA vs NOR - MIA in 5

whitak24

04-16-2004, 07:15 AM

attgig, you are smoking so much crack dude :P

my picks:

West
Round 1
MIN vs DEN - MIN in 5
LA vs HOU - LA in 5
SAS vs MEM - SA in 6
SAC vs DAL - SAC in 7

East
IND vs BOS - IND in 5
NJ vs NY - NJ in 6
DET vs MIL - DET in 5
MIA vs NOR - MIA in 7

RoniMan

04-16-2004, 08:31 AM

Your Fakers ain't nuthin' but a freak show with two rich adolescents who can't get along. One of them is accused of raping!

y'know, you've got a point bv...so what if kobe can score 40+ points in a game? so what if shaq (barring injuries) is one of the most dominate centers in nba history? you made a good point that since they're rich adolescents that can't get along, they can't get the ring (so how was the ring won THREE times before?). and that raping accusation? yeah, that's really gonna cost them the championship since it's based on PERSONAL MERIT!!!!....:disa: :disa:

[homer] oh btw, i was being sarcastic!
[marge]well duhhhhhhhh!!

everything you've said is a personal attack on the players themselves...it doesn't take away from the fact that they're excellent BASKETBALL players. and they have the ability to whoop ANY team....[whisper]as long as they play defense.

goooooo fake....i mean GOOOO LAKERS!!!!

Round 1
MIN vs DEN - MIN in 6
LA vs HOU - LA in 5
SAS vs MEM - SA in 6
SAC vs DAL - SAC in 7

East
IND vs BOS - IND in 4
NJ vs NY - NJ in 5
DET vs MIL - DET in 5
MIA vs NOR - NOR in 6

Jihforce

04-16-2004, 10:39 AM

can I go on?

btw, what's up with NOBODY picking houston to win????
GO YAO!
No you can't go on...that's for later. :) We're doing it one round at a time.

And the reason Houston can't win it all is because they can't stop themselves from turning the ball over every other possession.

Once Yao can average 20pts 10brds 2-3blcks a game, thats when Houston will be feared, until then...he needs some more seasoning.

bachviet

04-16-2004, 03:18 PM

y'know, you've got a point bv...so what if kobe can score 40+ points in a game? so what if shaq (barring injuries) is one of the most dominate centers in nba history? you made a good point that since they're rich adolescents that can't get along, they can't get the ring (so how was the ring won THREE times before?). and that raping accusation? yeah, that's really gonna cost them the championship since it's based on PERSONAL MERIT!!!!....:disa: :disa:

[homer] oh btw, i was being sarcastic!
[marge]well duhhhhhhhh!!

everything you've said is a personal attack on the players themselves...it doesn't take away from the fact that they're excellent BASKETBALL players. and they have the ability to whoop ANY team....[whisper]as long as they play defense.

goooooo fake....i mean GOOOO LAKERS!!!!

Round 1
MIN vs DEN - MIN in 6
LA vs HOU - LA in 5
SAS vs MEM - SA in 6
SAC vs DAL - SAC in 7

East
IND vs BOS - IND in 4
NJ vs NY - NJ in 5
DET vs MIL - DET in 5
MIA vs NOR - NOR in 6
I'm just responding to jel's name calling (personal attacks). I didn't say anything about the Fakers losing to the Rockets. If players can't get along, how do you expect them to play team ball and win even with 4 future HOF? :shrug: If the Fakers play the way they've been playing D, they ain't going to last.

I just can't wait until the Fakers fall flat on their face after they are defeated in the playoffs this year. :wavey2:

kei2

04-16-2004, 03:58 PM

Take it to the Lakers thread fellas. Even a basketball fan that dislikes the Lakers :wavey2: has to evaluate their chance to defeat Houston in round 1. Maybe they will, maybe they won't, just make your pick and we'll see who's right. And that's all this thread's about, making your first-round playoff picks.

Jihforce

04-22-2004, 02:53 PM

Ah looks like I already lost my prediction of the DET vs MIL series....7/8 so far....

whitak24

05-02-2004, 10:42 AM

well, by and large it looks like people were right on the outcome of the series, but not the number of games.

i was shocked by the lack of competitiveness in most of the series. obviously, you can start with the three sweeps (IND, NJ, and SAS), but beyond that, every series except for the NO/MIA series has finished in 5 games. granted, practically every series had some close games. several (LAL/HOU, DAL/SAC in particular) could have gone much longer if the losing teams had converted potentially game-winning shots. so there was good basketball to watch, but it was ultimately a VERY uneven battle in 7 out of 8 series.

ialsohaveadream

05-02-2004, 11:30 AM

That's because it's not best of 5 first round anymore. In a best of 5 first round, a motivated, less talented team can steal a game away, then take the series at home. It's more exciting.

kei2

05-02-2004, 12:17 PM

well, by and large it looks like people were right on the outcome of the seriesWell... there have been zero upsets out of seven series so far. Thus I'm not surprised that most people had most of them right. (That said, I missed one of my predictions, picking Allas over Sac in the wild west shootout series.)

molecularfire

05-02-2004, 01:52 PM

Ok... so far in the first round here are the results assuming my calculations are correct. I subtracted the difference between the number of games for each team people guessed from how many was actually won. No extra benefit was given for picking the right team other than the game wins number difference.

If Miami wins the series, Whitak24 will win. The rest of the order will be
second place - Jhiforce
third place - baggio248, ialsohaveadream, RoniMan
fourth place - bachviet, the jello is jigglin,
fifth place - molecularfire
sixth place - ray, kei2
seventh place - attgig

If New Orleans wins the series, it will be tied between baggio248 and RoniMan
second place - Whitak24
third place - Jhiforce
fourth place - ray, molecularfire
fifth place - bachviet, ialsohaveadream
sixth place - the jello is jigglin
seventh place - kei2
eigth place - attgig

Sorry Whitak, but you don't get any extra points for correctly guessing that attgig was smoking too much crack. :P

attgig

05-02-2004, 01:54 PM

woohooo!! 8th!!! =)

whitak24

05-02-2004, 01:54 PM

Sorry Whitak, but you don't get any extra points for correctly guessing that attgig was smoking too much crack. :P
:bawl: but.....but..... :(

:hihi:

kei2

05-02-2004, 02:37 PM

Not sure what's up with your math molecularfire... these are the numbers I got anyway. Minor differences from your results. In order from most accurate to least accurate (predictions off by X games).

HORNETS WIN:
baggio, roniman off 7
whitak off 9
jihforce, ray, molecularfire off 10
ialsohaveadream off 11
bachviet off 12
kei2 off 14
thejelloisjigglin off 16
attgig off 22

HEAT WIN:
whitak24 off 7
jihforce off 8
baggio, roniman, ialsohaveadream off 9
bachviet off 10
ray, molecularfire, kei2 off 12
thejelloisjigglin off 14
attgig off 20

molecularfire

05-02-2004, 03:14 PM

I basically said that if someone said a Minn in 4 they picked Minn to win 4 games and Denver to win zero. Since Denver won 1, they were charged one point. If they picked the wrong team ex: Dallas in 7, they picked Dallas to win 4 games and Sac to win 3 games. Since Sac won 4 and Dallas won 1, they were charged 4 points (1 for sac. and 3 for dallas).

The numbers I got was:
If Miami wins - Jhiforce8, ray12, bachviet10, kei12, jello10, mole11, baggio9, attgig21, ialso9, whitak7, roni9

If NOR wins - Jhiforce9, ray10, bachviet11, kei14, jello12, mole10, baggio7, attgig23, ialso11, whitak8, roni7

ex: Whitak was charged 2 for SA, 2 for Sac, 1 for Ind, 2 for NJN, and 0 or 1 for Miami/NOR. So, it's 7 points total.

Someone please check my work. I am the only asian guy that can't do math.

kei2

05-02-2004, 04:03 PM

EDIT: I think the problem with the numbers is you're scoring it slightly differently than I am. You said if a game 7 is predicted wrong it's only 1 point, where I think it's 2 (the team picked to win 4 actually wins 3, and the team picked to win 3 actually wins 4).

These are the discrepancies I spotted, unless I made a mistake somewhere

jihforce 8 pts not 9 if miami wins
min 4 (1 pt)
la 5 (0 pt)
sa 6 (2 pt)
sac 7 (2 pt)
ind 4 (0 pt)
nj 5 (1 pt)
det 4 (1 pt)
mia 6 (1 pt)

bachviet 12 not 11 if new orleans wins
min 5 (0 pt)
la 6 (1 pt)
sa 7 (3 pt)
sac 7 (2 pt)
ind 5 (1 pt)
nj 6 (2 pt)
det 5 (0 pt)
mia 6 (3 pt)

thejelloisjigglin 14 not 10 if miami wins, 16 not 12 if new orleans wins
den 6 (5 pt)
la 4 (1 pt)
sa 5 (1 pt)
dal 7 (4 pt)
ind 4 (0 pt)
nj 5 (1 pt)
det 5 (0 pt)
mia 5 (2 pt or 4 pt)

molecularfire 12 not 11 if miami wins
min 4 (1 pt)
la 6 (1 pt)
sa 5 (1 pt)
dal 7 (4 pt)
ind 4 (0 pt)
nj 6 (2 pt)
det 4 (1 pt)
nor 7 (2 pt)

attgig 20 not 21 if miami wins, 22 not 23 if new orleans wins
min 6 (1 pt)
hou 5 (6 pt)
sa 6 (1 pt)
dal 7 (4 pt)
ind 4 (0 pt)
ny 7 (5 pt)
det 4 (1 pt)
mia 5 (2 pt or 4 pt)

whitak24 9 not 8 if new orleans wins
min 5 (0 pt)
la 5 (0 pt)
sa 6 (2 pt)
sac 7 (2 pt)
ind 5 (1 pt)
nj 6 (2 pt)
det 5 (0 pt)
mia 7 (2 pt)

molecularfire

05-02-2004, 05:06 PM

Other than the jihforce one (I did say 8 pts.) the rest you are correct. I did calculate things wrong. Told you guys I can't do math. :)

bachviet

05-03-2004, 06:27 AM

Where is jel at? He keeps talking smack about basketball and he can't even picked right. :disa:

brainsmile

05-03-2004, 08:05 AM

sac in 5

Showtime

05-03-2004, 09:08 AM

Im right here. :kiss:
You miss me? My picks werent far off. Well see about the hornets and miami.

-jel:halo:

bachviet

05-03-2004, 09:12 AM

Im right here. :kiss:
You miss me? My picks werent far off. Well see about the hornets and miami.

-jel:halo:
I just want to know about the Lakers in 4. :wavey2:

Showtime

05-03-2004, 09:22 AM

Dont worry viet, its better this way. Like the Houston game where they had it won and lost it. I bet that hurt more than the blowout.

-jel:)

bachviet

05-03-2004, 09:36 AM

Dont worry viet, its better this way. Like the Houston game where they had it won and lost it. I bet that hurt more than the blowout.

-jel:)
It will hurt you like hell when the Lakers get blown out. You just don't want to face the fact that your Lakers are not invincible and will not win anything else this year accept that little precious "Pacific Division" title. I just hope that the Lakers put up a fight because I don't have any basketball to watch if the Spurs sweep the Lakers.