Here's the deal - pick all the series, all the way to finals and the # of games each series takes. You get 1 point for every first-round winner you pick correctly; 2 for second-round, 3 for third round and 4 for the Finals.

Plus a bonus point each time you pick the correct number of games along with the winner. No bonus if you pick the # of games right, but the winner wrong.

Post your picks here, and have them done by 11:29 a.m. central on Saturday. Anything after that doesn't count.

I'll post standings at the conclusion of each series.

EASTERN CONFERENCE:

Round 1:

Indiana over Atlanta in 5
Miami over Charlotte in 4
Brooklyn over Toronto in 6
Chicago over Washington in 5

Round 2:

Indiana over Chicago in 7
Miami over Brooklyn in 6

Round 3:

Miami over Indiana in 6

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Round 1:

San Antonio over Dallas in 4
OKC over Memphis in 5
LAC over GS in 6
Houston over Portland in 6

Round 2:

Houston over SA in 6
OKC over LAC in 5

Round 3:

OKC over Houston in 6

FINALS:

OKC over Miami in 6

Just realized I forgot to include my own.

East

Pacers in 6
Heat in 5
Raptors in 6
Wizards in 7

2nd Round
Pacers in 6
Heat in 6

3rd Round
Heat in 7

West
Spurs in 4
Thunder in 7
Clippers in 6
Rockets in 7

Spurs in 6
Clippers in 6

Spurs in 5

Spurs over Heat in 5

Round 1

Brooklyn in 6
Indiana in 5
Miami in 4
Chicago in 5

LA Clippers in 6
Oklahoma City in 7
Houston in 7
San Antonio in 4


Round 2

Miami in 6
Chicago in 7

Oklahoma City in 7
San Antonio in 6


Conference Finals

Miami in 7
San Antonio in 7

NBA Finals

San Antonio in 6

East

Round 1:
Pacers over Hawks in 5
Heat over Bobcats in 4
Nets over Raptors in 6
Bulls over Wizards 6

Round 2:
Pacers over Bulls in 6
Heat over Nets in 7

ECF:
Heat over Pacers in 5

West

Round 1:
Spurs over Mavs in 5
Thunder over Grizz in 5
Clippers over Warriors in 6
Rockets over Blazers in 7

Round 2:
Spurs over Rockets in 5
Clippers over Thunder in 7

WCF:
Spurs over Clippers in 6

Finals
Spurs over Heat in 7

Note: Edited for clarity, didn't update any predictions.

[This message has been edited by Brian Earl Spilner (edited 4/17/2014 3:48p).]

I am not sure who ran the contest last year (it was just for bragging rights), I think maybe Hotard did it, but that would be cool to do again this year. Anyway....my picks:

EASTERN CONFERENCE:

Round 1:

Indiana over Atlanta in 4
Miami over Charlotte in 4
Brooklyn over Toronto in 5
Chicago over Washington in 5

Round 2:

Indiana over Chicago in 6
Miami over Brooklyn in 6

Round 3:

Indiana over Miami in 7

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Round 1:

San Antonio over Dallas in 5
OKC over Memphis in 5
LAC over GS in 6
Houston over Portland in 6

Round 2:

Houston over SA in 6
OKC over LAC in 7

Round 3:

OKC over Houston in 6

FINALS:

OKC over Indiana in 6



[This message has been edited by CFTXAG10 (edited 4/17/2014 12:22p).]

EASTERN CONFERENCE:

Round 1:
Indiana over Atlanta in 6
Miami over Charlotte in 4
Brooklyn over Toronto in 7
Chicago over Washington in 7

Round 2:
Indiana over Chicago in 6
Miami over Brooklyn in 5

Round 3:
Miami over Indiana in 7


WESTERN CONFERENCE

Round 1:
San Antonio over Dallas in 4
OKC over Memphis in 5
LAC over GS in 7
Houston over Portland in 7
Round 2:
San Antonio over Houston in 5
OKC over LAC in 5

Round 3:
San Antonio over OKC in 7

FINALS:
San Antonio over Miami in 6

EASTERN CONFERENCE:

Round 1:

Indiana over Atlanta in 6
Miami over Charlotte in 5
Brooklyn over Toronto in 7
Chicago over Washington in 6

Round 2:

Indiana over Chicago in 6
Miami over Brooklyn in 6

Round 3:

Miami over Indiana in 6

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Round 1:

San Antonio over Dallas in 5
Oklahoma City over Memphis in 6
Los Angeles over GS in 6
Houston over Portland in 6

Round 2:

San Antonio over Houston in 6
Los Angeles over Oklahoma City in 6

Round 3:

San Antonio over Los Angeles in 7

FINALS:

San Antonio over Miami in 5

Eastern Conference:

Indiana over Atlanta in 6
Chicago over Washington in 7
Brooklyn over Toronto in 6
Miami over Charlotte in 5

Indiana over Chicago in 7
Miami over Brooklyn in 6

Miami over Indiana in 6

Western Conference:

San Antonio over Dallas in 6
Houston over Portland in 6
Los Angeles over Golden State in 7
Oklahoma City over Memphis in 6

Houston over San Antonio in 6
Los Angeles over Oklahoma City in 7

Los Angeles over Houston in 6

Finals:

Miami over Los Angeles in 6

Round 1:

Indiana over Atlanta in 5
Miami over Charlotte in 5
Brooklyn over Toronto in 7
Chicago over Washington in 6

Round 2:

Indiana over Chicago in 6
Miami over Brooklyn in 6

Round 3:

Miami over Indiana in 7

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Round 1:

San Antonio over Dallas in 5
OKC over Memphis in 6
LAC over GS in 6
Portland over Houston in 6
Round 2:

SA over Portland in 6
LAC over OKC in 7
Round 3:

SA over LAC in 6
FINALS:

SA over Miami in 6

EAST

Round 1:

Indiana over Atlanta in 5
Miami over Charlotte in 4
Brooklyn over Toronto in 7
Washington over Chicago in 6

Round 2:

Indiana over Washington in 6
Miami over Brooklyn in 5

Round 3:

Miami over Indiana in 7

WEST

Round 1:

San Antonio over Dallas in 5
OKC over Memphis in 7
LAC over GS in 7
Portland over Houston in 5

Round 2:

Portland over San Antonio in 6
OKC over LAC in 5

Round 3:

Portland over OKC in 6

FINALS

Miami over Portland in 7

quote:

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Miami over Portland in 7

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1st round

Spurs over Mavs in 5
OKC over Grizzlies in 7
Clippers over Warriors in 7
Rockets over Blazers in 5

Pacers over Hawks in 6
Heat over Bobcats in 4
Raptors over Nets in 7
Bulls over Wizards in 6

2nd round

Spurs over Rockets in 7
OKC over Clippers in 7

Bulls over Pacers in 6
Heat over Raptors in 7

Conf Finals

Thunder over Spurs in 6
Heat over Bulls in 5

Finals

Thunder over Heat in 7

Damn everyone likes the Nets in round 1

[This message has been edited by Ulrich (edited 4/17/2014 10:54p).]

EAST

Round 1:

Indiana over Atlanta in 5
Miami over Charlotte in 5
Brooklyn over Toronto in 6
Chicago over Washington in 6

Round 2:

Indiana over Chicago in 7
Miami over Brooklyn in 7

Round 3:

Indiana over Miami in 5

WEST

Round 1:

San Antonio over Dallas in 5
OKC over Memphis in 6
LAC over GS in 7
Houston over Portland in 7

Round 2:

Houston over San Antonio in 6
OKC over LAC in 7

Round 3:

Houston over OKC in 6

FINALS

Indiana over Houston in 7

Round 1:

Indiana over Atlanta in 6
Miami over Charlotte in 5
Brooklyn over Toronto in 6
Chicago over Washington in 6

Round 2:

Chicago over Indiana in 6
Miami over Brooklyn in 6

Round 3:

Miami over Chicago in 5

WEST

Round 1:

San Antonio over Dallas in 4
OKC over Memphis in 6
LAC over GS in 5
Houston over Portland in 7

Round 2:

San Antonio over Houston in 7
OKC over LAC in 7

Round 3:

OKC over San Antonio in 6

FINALS

OKC over Miami in 6

Given my predicting history, fade these picks and break bread, gentlemen.

Eastern Conference

Round 1
Indiana over Atlanta in 5
Miami over Charlotte in 4
Brooklyn over Toronto in 6
Chicago over Washington in 6

Round 2
Indiana over Chicago in 7
Miami over Brooklyn in 6

East Finals
Miami over Indiana in 7

Western Conference

Round 1
San Antonio over Dallas in 4
OKC over Memphis in 6
LAC over Golden State in 5
Houston over Portland in 7

Round 2
San Antonio over Houston in 6
LAC over OKC in 7

West Finals

San Antonio over LAC in 5

Finals

San Antonio over Miami in 7

The (backup) spreadsheet is set up.


My picks:
SAS over DAL in 4
HOU over POR in 5
LAC over GSW in 5
OKC over MEM in 5

SAS over HOU in 6
OKC over LAC in 7

SAS over OKC in 7


IND over ATL in 6
CHI over WAS in 6
TOR over BKN in 6
MIA over CHA in 4

CHI over IND in 6
MIA over TOR in 5

MIA over CHI in 5

SAS over MIA in 6


[This message has been edited by Ulrich (edited 4/17/2014 10:55p).]

East:

Round 1:
Indiana in 5
Miami in 4
Brooklyn in 7
Chicago in 6

Round 2:
Indiana in 6
Miami in 5

Round 3:
Miami in 6

West:

Round 1:
San Antonio in 5
OKC in 5
Houston in 6
Clippers in 7

Round 2:
San Antonio in 6
OKC in 7

Round 3:
OKC in 7

Finals:
OKC over Miami in 6

Spurs go 16-0.

Round 1:
Indiana in 5
Miami in 4
Toronto in 6
Chicago in 6
San Antonio in 4
OKC in 5
LAC in 6
Houston in 6

Round 2:
Indiana in 7
Miami in 5
San Antonio in 6
OKC in 7

Conference Finals:
Miami in 6
San Antonio in 7

Finals:
San Antonio in 7

EASTERN CONFERENCE:

Round 1:

Indiana over Atlanta in 4
Miami over Charlotte in 4
Brooklyn over Toronto in 5
Chicago over Washington in 5

Round 2:

Indiana over Chicago in 6
Miami over Brooklyn in 7

Round 3:

Miami over Indiana in 6

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Round 1:

San Antonio over Dallas in 5
OKC over Memphis in 5
LAC over GS in 7
Houston over Portland in 6

Round 2:

SA over Houston in 7
LAC over OKC in 7

Round 3:

LAC over SA in 7

FINALS:
Miami over LAC in 6

I'll probably keep my spreadsheet up to date, too.

EDIT: d'oh

[This message has been edited by Ulrich (edited 4/17/2014 10:56p).]

y u hijack my thread, main?

Oops... I missed the last line of your post. I'll defer. At least this way we'll have a check on the numbers.

EAST

Round 1:

Indiana over Atlanta in 5
Miami over Charlotte in 5
Brooklyn over Toronto in 7
Chicago over Washington in 6

Round 2:

Indiana over Chicago in 6
Miami over Brooklyn in 6

Round 3:

Miami over Indiana in 7

WEST

Round 1:

San Antonio over Dallas in 5
OKC over Memphis in 5
LAC over GS in 6
Houston over Portland in 6

Round 2:

San Antonio over Houston in 6
OKC over LAC in 7

Round 3:

San Antonio over OKC in 6

FINALS

San Antonio over Miami in 6

EASTERN CONFERENCE:

Round 1:

Indiana over Atlanta in 5
Miami over Charlotte in 5
Brooklyn over Toronto in 6
Chicago over Washington in 7

Round 2:

Indiana over Chicago in 5
Miami over Brooklyn in 7

Round 3:

Indiana over Miami in 7

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Round 1:

San Antonio over Dallas in 4
OKC over Memphis in 5
LAC over GS in 5
Houston over Portland in 7

Round 2:

SA over Houston in 7
LAC over OKC in 6

Round 3:

SA over LAC in 5

FINALS:

SA over Indy in 6

Rd 1:

Spurs over Mavs in 5
Rockets over Blazers in 6
Clippers over Warriors in 6
Thunder over Grizz in 5
Pacers over Hawks in 4
Bulls over Wizards in 5
Nets over Raptors in 6
Heat over Bobcats in 4

Rd 2:
Spurs over Rockets in 6
Thunder over Clippers in 7
Bulls over Pacers in 6
Heat over Nets in 6

Rd 3:
Spurs over Thunder in 6
Heat over Bulls in 7

Finals:
Spurs over Heat in 6


I'd love to see the Bulls shock everyone and make it out of the East. They've been impressive, even without Deng and obviously without Rose. Noah has been an absolute monster.

If you could guarantee Wade's health for the entire playoffs, I'd probably roll with the Heat vs the field as far as winning it all. At the top of the rosters, the Heat are more talented than the Spurs; the Spurs can't out-athlete the Heat. But the Spurs are SO much deeper, while the Heat are actually less deep than they were a year ago (Greg Oden is a great story but he can't replace Mike Miller). I would like to see the Warriors go further, but I just don't see them beating the Clippers in a 7-game series.

Pacers in 5
Heat in 4
Raptors in 7
Bulls in 6

Pacers in 5
Heat in 5

Heat in 6

Spurs in 4
Thunder in 7
Warriors in 6
Rockets in 7

Spurs in 5
Thunder in 6

Spurs in 7

Spurs in 6

West
Quarters
Spurs over Dallas-6
Rockets over Jailblazers-6
Thunder over Grizzlies-6
Clap over Warriors-6

Semis
Rockets over Spurs-7
Thunder over Clap-6

Finals
Thunder over Rockets-6

East
Quarters
Pacers over Hawks-5
Bulls over Wizards-6
Heat over Bobcats-4
Nets over Raptors-6

Semis
Pacers over Bulls-5
Heat over Nets-6

Finals
Heat over Pacers-6

NBA Finals
Heat over Thunder-7

EASTERN CONFERENCE:

Round 1:

Indiana in 5
Miami in 4
Brooklyn over Toronto in 7
Chicago in 5

Round 2:

Chicago in 6
Miami in 5

Round 3:

Miami in 5

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Round 1:

San Antonio in 4
OKC in 6
LAC in 5
Houston in 6

Round 2:

SA in 6
OKC in 6

Round 3:

OKC in 7

FINALS:

Miami in 7

EASTERN CONFERENCE:

Indiana over Atlanta in 6
Heat over Charlotte in 5
Toronto over Nets in 7
Bulls over Wizards 6

Bulls over Pacers in 6
Heat over Toronto in 6

Heat over Bulls in 5

WESTERN CONFERENCE:

Spurs over Mavs in 6
Thunder over Grizz in 5
Clippers over Warriors in 5
Rockets over Blazers in 6

Rockets over Spurs in 6
Clippers over Thunder in 6

Clippers over Rockets in 5

FINALS:

Clippers over Heat in 6

EASTERN CONFERENCE:

Indiana over Atlanta in 6
Heat over Charlotte in 4
Toronto over Nets in 7
Bulls over Wizards 5

Bulls over Pacers in 6
Heat over Toronto in 5

Heat over Bulls in 7

WESTERN CONFERENCE:

Spurs over Mavs in 4
Thunder over Grizz in 5
Clippers over Warriors in 6
Blazers over Rockets in 6

Spurs over Blazers in 5
Thunder over Clippers in 7

Spurs over Thunder in 5

FINALS:

Spurs over Heat in 6

Nothing on the line, might as well pick with the heart.

SAS over DAL in 4
HOU over POR in 5
LAC over GSW in 5
MEM over OKC in 6

SAS over HOU in 7
MEM over LAC in 7

MEM over SAS in 7


IND over ATL in 5
CHI over WAS in 6
BKN over TOR in 6
MIA over CHA in 4

IND over CHI in 5
BKN over MIA in 7

BKN over IND in 6



MEM over BKN in 7


(WTH, might as well be different with BKN, instead of MIA).


[This message has been edited by Iowaggie (edited 4/19/2014 8:55a).]