2006 NBA Playoffs Prediction Thread

[Keo]

Western Conference

(1) San Antonio Spurs
vs
(8) LA Lakers

(4) Dallas Mavericks
vs
(5) Los Angeles Clippers

(3) Denver Nuggets
vs
(6) Memphis Grizzlies

(2) Phoenix Suns
vs
(7) Sacramento Kings


Eastern Conference

(1) Detroit Pistons
vs
(8) Philadelphia 76ers

(4) Cleveland Cavaliers
vs
(5) Washington Wizards

(3) New Jersey Nets
vs
(6) Indiana Pacers

(2) Miami Heat
vs
(7) Milwaukee Bucks

[dinocarlo]

Here's how I'll rate the lists:

There are 16 teams all in all. You must get the correct team for all positions to get the win. One can go as high as 16-0 and as low as 4-12 (I'll give the 4 teams who are locked onto their positions right now as bonuses.)

[Matt]

why not just wait for playoff seedings to sort themselves out and then predict the series result.....give 1 point for picking correct series winner, and 2 points for getting correct series result.

[dinocarlo]

Maybe I should close this thread already since the playoff seedings are starting to sort themselves out. Anyway, no one's posting here anymore.

The threads for each playoff round will be created separately. Until the brackets are finalized, this thread can be left sticked.

I'll put a change in the tallying. The standings here will not be carried over to the playoff rounds predictions because ranking the teams is different from predicting who's gonna win.

[J@3]

Here's my predictions:

EASTERN CONFERENCE

[ 1 ] Detroit Pistons vs. [ 8 ] Milwaukee Bucks
- Pistons win 4-1

[ 2 ] Miami Heat vs. [ 7 ] Chicago Bulls
- Heat win 4-0

[ 3 ] New Jersey Nets vs. [ 6 ] Indiana Pacers
- Pacers win 4-2

[ 4 ] Cleveland Cavaliers vs. [ 5 ] Washington Wizards
- Cavaliers win 4-3

WESTERN CONFERENCE

[ 1 ] San Antonio Spurs vs. [ 8 ] Sacramento Kings
- Spurs win 4-0

[ 2 ] Phoenix Suns vs. [ 7 ] Los Angeles Lakers
- Lakers win 4-2

[ 3 ] Denver Nuggets vs. [ 6 ] Los Angeles Clippers
- Nuggets win 4-3

[ 4 ] Dallas Mavericks vs. [ 5 ] Memphis Grizzlies
- Mavericks win 4-1

[dinocarlo]

EASTERN CONFERENCE

[ 1 ] Detroit Pistons vs. [ 8 ] Milwaukee Bucks
-Detroit wins 4-0

[ 2 ] Miami Heat vs. [ 7 ] Chicago Bulls
-Miami wins 4-2

[ 3 ] New Jersey Nets vs. [ 6 ] Indiana Pacers
-New Jersey wins 4-2

[ 4 ] Cleveland Cavaliers vs. [ 5 ] Washington Wizards
-Cleveland wins 4-3

WESTERN CONFERENCE

[ 1 ] San Antonio Spurs vs. [ 8 ] Sacramento Kings
-San Antonio wins 4-2

[ 2 ] Phoenix Suns vs. [ 7 ] Los Angeles Lakers
-Phoenix wins 4-2

[ 3 ] Denver Nuggets vs. [ 6 ] Los Angeles Clippers
-LA Clippers win 4-3

[ 4 ] Dallas Mavericks vs. [ 5 ] Memphis Grizzlies
-Dallas wins 4-1

[SVG18]

EASTERN CONFERENCE

[ 1 ] Detroit Pistons vs. [ 8 ] Milwaukee Bucks
-Detroit wins 4-0

[ 2 ] Miami Heat vs. [ 7 ] Chicago Bulls
-Miami wins 4-1

[ 3 ] New Jersey Nets vs. [ 6 ] Indiana Pacers
-New Jersey wins 4-2

[ 4 ] Cleveland Cavaliers vs. [ 5 ] Washington Wizards
-Cleveland wins 4-1

WESTERN CONFERENCE

[ 1 ] San Antonio Spurs vs. [ 8 ] Sacramento Kings
-San Antonio wins 4-2

[ 2 ] Phoenix Suns vs. [ 7 ] Los Angeles Lakers
-Phoenix wins 4-2

[ 3 ] Denver Nuggets vs. [ 6 ] Los Angeles Clippers
-LA Clippers win 4-1

[ 4 ] Dallas Mavericks vs. [ 5 ] Memphis Grizzlies
-Dallas wins 4-1

[Matt]

EASTERN CONFERENCE

[ 1 ] Detroit Pistons vs. [ 8 ] Milwaukee Bucks
-
Detroit 4-0.....just too good

[ 2 ] Miami Heat vs. [ 7 ] Chicago Bulls
- Miami 4-1.....Bulls defense should win them at least 1

[ 3 ] New Jersey Nets vs. [ 6 ] Indiana Pacers
- NJN 4-2.....Pacers have no rhythm, still tough to beat

[ 4 ] Cleveland Cavaliers vs. [ 5 ] Washington Wizards
- Washington 4-3......Wizards trio carves up Cleveland non existant perimeter defense

WESTERN CONFERENCE

[ 1 ] San Antonio Spurs vs. [ 8 ] Sacramento Kings
-
Spurs 4-1....close games, Spurs too good though in 4th
[ 2 ] Phoenix Suns vs. [ 7 ] Los Angeles Lakers
- Phx 4-2......if only Lamar played in the post

[ 3 ] Denver Nuggets vs. [ 6 ] Los Angeles Clippers
- Clippers 4-2.....Clippers are way too well rounded.

[ 4 ] Dallas Mavericks vs. [ 5 ] Memphis Grizzlies

Mavs 4-1.....Memphis should have tanked it!

[Buckley]

Here's my predictions:

EASTERN CONFERENCE

[ 1 ] Detroit Pistons vs. [ 8 ] Milwaukee Bucks
- Pistons win 4-0

[ 2 ] Miami Heat vs. [ 7 ] Chicago Bulls
- Heat win 4-1

[ 3 ] New Jersey Nets vs. [ 6 ] Indiana Pacers
- Pacers win 4-3

[ 4 ] Cleveland Cavaliers vs. [ 5 ] Washington Wizards
- Cavaliers win 4-2

WESTERN CONFERENCE

[ 1 ] San Antonio Spurs vs. [ 8 ] Sacramento Kings
- Spurs win 4-0

[ 2 ] Phoenix Suns vs. [ 7 ] Los Angeles Lakers
- Suns win 4-3

[ 3 ] Denver Nuggets vs. [ 6 ] Los Angeles Clippers
- Clippers win 4-2

[ 4 ] Dallas Mavericks vs. [ 5 ] Memphis Grizzlies
- Mavericks win 4-1

[dada]

EASTERN CONFERENCE

[ 1 ] Detroit Pistons vs. [ 8 ] Milwaukee Bucks
- Detroit wins 4-0.
Milwaukee will prove to be too soft a team to handle Detroit and they will sleepwalk through the series.

[ 2 ] Miami Heat vs. [ 7 ] Chicago Bulls
- Miami wins 4-1
Dwayne Wade puts up huge offensive numbers during the series and the Bulls just didnt have an answer. Their guards just werent big enough to body him up.

[ 3 ] New Jersey Nets vs. [ 6 ] Indiana Pacers
- New Jersey wins 4-2
Jason Kidd will average close to a triple double in this series. JO will probably have his game going but Peja will stink it up. Nobody will really put up huuuge numbers and it will be more about the defense being played.

[ 4 ] Cleveland Cavaliers vs. [ 5 ] Washington Wizards
- Washington wins 4-3.
Lebron will have a monster series along with Gilbert with the difference being that Washington will also get good numbers outta Caron and Antawn while nobody else will really step up big for the Cavs.

WESTERN CONFERENCE

[ 1 ] San Antonio Spurs vs. [ 8 ] Sacramento Kings
- Spurs win (4-2)
Sacramento will give them some trouble early but then San Antonio's experience will show its ugly head.

[ 2 ] Phoenix Suns vs. [ 7 ] Los Angeles Lakers
- Lakers win (4-3), gotta stay true to myself .
Highly competitive series with the difference maker being Lamar Odom stepping up and putting up huge rebounding numbers going along with 6-7 asts per game.

[ 3 ] Denver Nuggets vs. [ 6 ] Los Angeles Clippers
- Denver wins 4-2.
The Clippers great season ends here as Denver defeats them in yet another highly competitive series. A couple bounces here and there and it would have been a different story.

[ 4 ] Dallas Mavericks vs. [ 5 ] Memphis Grizzlies
-Mavericks win 4-1.
Mavericks win this one easily with only one tough loss in Memphis. Too much firepower for the Grizz to handle and the Mavs defense really kept their offense stuck in 1st gear.

[ixcuincle]

EASTERN CONFERENCE

[ 1 ] Detroit Pistons vs. [ 8 ] Milwaukee Bucks
- Detroit wins 4-1.

[ 2 ] Miami Heat vs. [ 7 ] Chicago Bulls
- Miami wins 4-1

[ 3 ] New Jersey Nets vs. [ 6 ] Indiana Pacers
- New Jersey wins 4-1

[ 4 ] Cleveland Cavaliers vs. [ 5 ] Washington Wizards
- Washington wins 4-2

WESTERN CONFERENCE

[ 1 ] San Antonio Spurs vs. [ 8 ] Sacramento Kings
- Spurs win 4-1

[ 2 ] Phoenix Suns vs. [ 7 ] Los Angeles Lakers
- Suns win 4-2

[ 3 ] Denver Nuggets vs. [ 6 ] Los Angeles Clippers
- Denver wins 4-2.

[ 4 ] Dallas Mavericks vs. [ 5 ] Memphis Grizzlies
-Mavericks win 4-1.

[LakersRule24]

EASTERN CONFERENCE

[ 1 ] Detroit Pistons vs. [ 8 ] Milwaukee Bucks
- Pistons win 4-1

[ 2 ] Miami Heat vs. [ 7 ] Chicago Bulls
- Heat win 4-2

[ 3 ] New Jersey Nets vs. [ 6 ] Indiana Pacers
- Nets win 4-0

[ 4 ] Cleveland Cavaliers vs. [ 5 ] Washington Wizards
- Cavaliers win 4-3

WESTERN CONFERENCE

[ 1 ] San Antonio Spurs vs. [ 8 ] Sacramento Kings
- Spurs win 4-1

[ 2 ] Phoenix Suns vs. [ 7 ] Los Angeles Lakers
- LAKERS win 4-3(hopefully)

[ 3 ] Denver Nuggets vs. [ 6 ] Los Angeles Clippers
- Clippers win 4-3

[ 4 ] Dallas Mavericks vs. [ 5 ] Memphis Grizzlies
- Mavericks win 4-0

[air gordon]

Bulls in 6

if they lose, i'll put this in my sig during the offseason or something else. but i'll need one of the "true" heat fans of the forum to participate in a bet with me

[Sac-1]

EASTERN CONFERENCE

[ 1 ] Detroit Pistons vs. [ 8 ] Milwaukee Bucks
- Detroit wins 4-0

[ 2 ] Miami Heat vs. [ 7 ] Chicago Bulls
- Miami wins 4-1

[ 3 ] New Jersey Nets vs. [ 6 ] Indiana Pacers
- New Jersey wins 4-2

[ 4 ] Cleveland Cavaliers vs. [ 5 ] Washington Wizards
- Cleveland wins 4-3

WESTERN CONFERENCE

[ 1 ] San Antonio Spurs vs. [ 8 ] Sacramento Kings
- San Antonio wins 4-2

[ 2 ] Phoenix Suns vs. [ 7 ] Los Angeles Lakers
- Suns win 4-1

[ 3 ] Denver Nuggets vs. [ 6 ] Los Angeles Clippers
- LA Clippers win 4-2

[ 4 ] Dallas Mavericks vs. [ 5 ] Memphis Grizzlies
- Dallas wins 4-1

Wow, no upsets in mine except for Denver.

[zmac]

Here's my predictions:

EASTERN CONFERENCE

[ 1 ] Detroit Pistons vs. [ 8 ] Milwaukee Bucks
- Pistons win 4-0

[ 2 ] Miami Heat vs. [ 7 ] Chicago Bulls
- Heat win 4-2

[ 3 ] New Jersey Nets vs. [ 6 ] Indiana Pacers
- Nets win 4-2

[ 4 ] Cleveland Cavaliers vs. [ 5 ] Washington Wizards
- Cavaliers win 4-2

WESTERN CONFERENCE

[ 1 ] San Antonio Spurs vs. [ 8 ] Sacramento Kings
- Spurs win 4-2

[ 2 ] Phoenix Suns vs. [ 7 ] Los Angeles Lakers
- Suns win 4-2

[ 3 ] Denver Nuggets vs. [ 6 ] Los Angeles Clippers
- Nuggets win 4-2

[ 4 ] Dallas Mavericks vs. [ 5 ] Memphis Grizzlies
- Mavericks win 4-3[/quote]

[gergerjai]

EASTERN CONFERENCE

[ 1 ] Detroit Pistons vs. [ 8 ] Milwaukee Bucks
- Detroit in 4- no question

[ 2 ] Miami Heat vs. [ 7 ] Chicago Bulls
- Miami in 5- expect the Bulls to play at least one good game

[ 3 ] New Jersey Nets vs. [ 6 ] Indiana Pacers
- New Jersey in 6- that just isnt the Pacers we knew

[ 4 ] Cleveland Cavaliers vs. [ 5 ] Washington Wizards
- Washington in 7- they pwned te cavs this season

WESTERN CONFERENCE

[ 1 ] San Antonio Spurs vs. [ 8 ] Sacramento Kings
- San Antonio in 6- the Kings wont make it easy for them

[ 2 ] Phoenix Suns vs. [ 7 ] Los Angeles Lakers
- Los Angeles in 6- expect the pace will slow down a bit in the playoffs, and PHX dont have big men

[ 3 ] Denver Nuggets vs. [ 6 ] Los Angeles Clippers
- Los Angeles in 6- they are better than the Nuggets with an injuried Martin

[ 4 ] Dallas Mavericks vs. [ 5 ] Memphis Grizzlies
- Dallas in 7- Grizzles arent any easy matchup

[Mayerhendrix]

This thread needs some playoff discussion rather than just people putting up lists.

[nets4life]

Here's my predictions:

EASTERN CONFERENCE

[ 1 ] Detroit Pistons vs. [ 8 ] Milwaukee Bucks
- Pistons win 4-0

[ 2 ] Miami Heat vs. [ 7 ] Chicago Bulls
- Heat win 4-1

[ 3 ] New Jersey Nets vs. [ 6 ] Indiana Pacers
- Nets win 4-1

[ 4 ] Cleveland Cavaliers vs. [ 5 ] Washington Wizards
- Cavaliers win 4-3

WESTERN CONFERENCE

[ 1 ] San Antonio Spurs vs. [ 8 ] Sacramento Kings
- Spurs win 4-3

[ 2 ] Phoenix Suns vs. [ 7 ] Los Angeles Lakers
- Suns win 4-1

[ 3 ] Denver Nuggets vs. [ 6 ] Los Angeles Clippers
- Nuggets win 4-3

[ 4 ] Dallas Mavericks vs. [ 5 ] Memphis Grizzlies
- Mavericks win 4-1

[Anthony15]

EASTERN CONFERENCE

[ 1 ] Detroit Pistons vs. [ 8 ] Milwaukee Bucks
-Detroit 4-0

[ 2 ] Miami Heat vs. [ 7 ] Chicago Bulls
-Miami 4-1

[ 3 ] New Jersey Nets vs. [ 6 ] Indiana Pacers
-New Jersey 4-2

[ 4 ] Cleveland Cavaliers vs. [ 5 ] Washington Wizards
-Cleveland 4-2

WESTERN CONFERENCE

[ 1 ] San Antonio Spurs vs. [ 8 ] Sacramento Kings
-San Antonio 4-1

[ 2 ] Phoenix Suns vs. [ 7 ] Los Angeles Lakers
-Phoenix 4-2

[ 3 ] Denver Nuggets vs. [ 6 ] Los Angeles Clippers
-Denver 4-3

[ 4 ] Dallas Mavericks vs. [ 5 ] Memphis Grizzlies
-Dallas 4-2

[Fresh8]

East

Detroit Def Milwaukee 4-0
Miami Def Chicago 4-2
New Jersey Def Indiana 4-1
Washington Def Cleveland 4-3

- I'm going with a Pistons' Sweep, no mucking around for the former Champs and a long series for LeBron and the Cavs. Chi-town don't stand too much of a chance with the Heat depending on how Shaq plays... I wanna see if he's still got it in him! New Jersey will do pretty well against the chemistry-less Pacers.

West

San Antonio Def Sacramento 4-1
Dallas Def Memphis 4-2
Denver Def Clippers 4-3
Lakers Def Phoenix 4-2

- I'm gonna be bold and say Kobe and the team can win their series provided that they split one of the two away games at the start. Dallas will beat the Grizz even though Memphis will win their first playoff game ever. And the Clips-Nuggs series can go either way. Kings will take one game MAX from the Spurs however Ron Ron vs Bowen will be interesting.

Next Round

Detroit Vs Washington
Miami Vs New Jersey

San Antonio Vs Dallas
Lakers Vs Denver <-- I'm crossing my fingers

[dinocarlo]

This thread needs some playoff discussion rather than just people putting up lists.

I think it would be better if one discussion thread was created for each series. So there should be 8 discussion threads all in all.

[YoyoYoshi]

Wow, these picks were difficult to make...I predict only one sweep!

EASTERN CONFERENCE

[ 1 ] Detroit Pistons vs. [ 8 ] Milwaukee Bucks
- Pistons 4, Bucks 0

[ 2 ] Miami Heat vs. [ 7 ] Chicago Bulls
- Heat 4, Bulls 1

[ 3 ] New Jersey Nets vs. [ 6 ] Indiana Pacers
- Pacers 4, Nets 3

[ 4 ] Cleveland Cavaliers vs. [ 5 ] Washington Wizards
- Wizards 4, Cavs 3

WESTERN CONFERENCE

[ 1 ] San Antonio Spurs vs. [ 8 ] Sacramento Kings
- Spurs 4, Kings 2

[ 2 ] Phoenix Suns vs. [ 7 ] Los Angeles Lakers
- Suns 4, Lakers 3

[ 3 ] Denver Nuggets vs. [ 6 ] Los Angeles Clippers
- Clippers 4, Nuggets 2

[ 4 ] Dallas Mavericks vs. [ 5 ] Memphis Grizzlies
- Mavs 4, Grizzlies 2

[Andrew]

EASTERN CONFERENCE

[ 1 ] Detroit Pistons vs. [ 8 ] Milwaukee Bucks
- Pistons win 4-1

[ 2 ] Miami Heat vs. [ 7 ] Chicago Bulls
- Heat win 4-1

[ 3 ] New Jersey Nets vs. [ 6 ] Indiana Pacers
- Nets win 4-1

[ 4 ] Cleveland Cavaliers vs. [ 5 ] Washington Wizards
- Cavaliers win 4-2

WESTERN CONFERENCE

[ 1 ] San Antonio Spurs vs. [ 8 ] Sacramento Kings
- Spurs win 4-1

[ 2 ] Phoenix Suns vs. [ 7 ] Los Angeles Lakers
- Suns win 4-1

[ 3 ] Denver Nuggets vs. [ 6 ] Los Angeles Clippers
- Clippers win 4-2

[ 4 ] Dallas Mavericks vs. [ 5 ] Memphis Grizzlies
- Mavericks win 4-2

[conartist]

my predictions:

EASTERN CONFERENCE

[ 1 ] Detroit Pistons vs. [ 8 ] Milwaukee Bucks
- Detroit 4-1

[ 2 ] Miami Heat vs. [ 7 ] Chicago Bulls
- Miami win 4-2

[ 3 ] New Jersey Nets vs. [ 6 ] Indiana Pacers
- New Jersey win 4-1

[ 4 ] Cleveland Cavaliers vs. [ 5 ] Washington Wizards
- Cleveland win 4-3

WESTERN CONFERENCE

[ 1 ] San Antonio Spurs vs. [ 8 ] Sacramento Kings
- San Antonio win 4-1

[ 2 ] Phoenix Suns vs. [ 7 ] Los Angeles Lakers
- Phoenix win 4-2

[ 3 ] Denver Nuggets vs. [ 6 ] Los Angeles Clippers
- Los Angeles win 4-3

[ 4 ] Dallas Mavericks vs. [ 5 ] Memphis Grizzlies
- Dallas win 4-2
_________________

[Keo]

EASTERN CONFERENCE

[ 1 ] Detroit Pistons vs. [ 8 ] Milwaukee Bucks
- Detroit 4-0

[ 2 ] Miami Heat vs. [ 7 ] Chicago Bulls
- Miami 4-1

[ 3 ] New Jersey Nets vs. [ 6 ] Indiana Pacers
- New Jersey 4-2

[ 4 ] Cleveland Cavaliers vs. [ 5 ] Washington Wizards
- Cleveland 4-2

WESTERN CONFERENCE

[ 1 ] San Antonio Spurs vs. [ 8 ] Sacramento Kings
- San Antonio 4-2

[ 2 ] Phoenix Suns vs. [ 7 ] Los Angeles Lakers
- Phoenix 4-1

[ 3 ] Denver Nuggets vs. [ 6 ] Los Angeles Clippers
- LA Clippers 4-3

[ 4 ] Dallas Mavericks vs. [ 5 ] Memphis Grizzlies
- Dallas 4-1