Eastern Conference Playoffs - First Round Discussion Thread

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Its weird to see that nobody picked any upsets besides the 2K sim.

[OSUFan_88]

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All the top seeds will advance. None of the series will go more than 6 games.

Yes. 100% yes.

[ex carrabba fan]

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Its weird to see that nobody picked any upsets besides the 2K sim.

Is it?

If NY had a bit more depth to them and an actual center, I'd say they'd have a pretty decent chance at an upset. But as it is, they have no defenders and are paper thin. Boston should handle them.

Orlando owns Atlanta, and Atlanta pisses the bed come playoff time anyway. They do nothing to excite me. Although I do think they won't get swept this time around.

Miami will handle Philly, I believe it'll be a grind out of a series, but what does Philly have to threaten Miami? They really gonna put Meeks on Wade?

The only series I have any sort of upset feeling is Indy over Chicago. But it probably won't happen either. Rose seems like a killer. His play in the playoffs has always been stellar, production wise. Now he actually has some pieces around him that can help him win in the playoffs.

[ex carrabba fan]

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Schedule for the weekend:

@CBSSportsNBA:

Indiana-Chicago Saturday 1PM [ESPN], Philadelphia-Miami Saturday 3PM [ABC], Orlando-Atlanta Saturday 7PM [ESPN]

New York-Boston Sunday 7PM [TNT]

[capp34]

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Bulls
Magic
Celtics
Heat

ECF
Magic
Heat

Finals
Heat

[TMagic]

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Does anybody know if ABC shows games online?

[Altimus]

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Does anybody know if ABC shows games online?

You can catch all ESPN/ABC games on espn3.com as long as your internet provider is a partner.

[NINJAK2]

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It's amazing reading all this disrespect the Celtics are receiving. I go to realgm and over 50% think they'll lose to the Knicks.

Since '08 it's been the same story. I'm sticking with my team until the wheels fall off.

The way they have played since the Perk trade Mo they deserve the disrespect. Knicks lack of defensive intensity and a hopeful return of Shaq should get the Celts past Knicks in 6.

Heat over sixers in 6
bulls over pacers in 5
magic over hawks in 5.

[Vast]

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Magic over Hawks in 6

Bulls sweep Pacers

Heat sweep Philly

Knicks over Celtics in 6 (i don't believe that will happen, but if i write it down and say it I hope it comes true. )

[Da_Czar]

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I love the knicks chances for an upset but I just don't think they can get enough crunchtime stops over 7 straight games against championship caliber defense to beat boston 4 times.

Anytime you have STAT and MELO and Chauncy though you have a punchers chance cause those dudes can put the biscuit in the basket.

[Moses Shuttlesworth]

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I love the knicks chances for an upset but I just don't think they can get enough crunchtime stops over 7 straight games against championship caliber defense to beat boston 4 times.

Anytime you have STAT and MELO and Chauncy though you have a punchers chance cause those dudes can put the biscuit in the basket.

I love that

[TheMatrix31]

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Cool, I won't miss the only series that is halfway intriguing.

[King_B_Mack]

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Its weird to see that nobody picked any upsets besides the 2K sim.

**** it, I'll be the goof to do it then. Someone has gotta make the completely unlikely case.

Knicks will win in 7 (Sooner or later, just trying to flip the switch catches up to you, sometimes at the worst possible time.)

Bulls win in 6 (Can definitely see the Bulls going in with they're heads up they're butts and allowing a few bad starts to cost them)

Sixers win in 6 (Everyone is slowly hopping back on the Heat easy trip to the Finals train. I can see them getting worked and ESPN exploding and ruining the last Playoffs for a while in the NBA by beating to death the collapse of the Heat.)

Magic win in 7 (Orlando just edges out the Hawks in game seven after a slugfest in the first six contests.)

Magic beat Bulls in 5 (Dwight and three point shooting end up being the downfall of the Bulls.)

Knicks beat Sixers in 6 (Carmelo, Amar'e and Chauncey go to work to get the Knicks back to the ECF.)

Magic somehow beat the Knicks in 6 to go on and get crushed by the Lakers again in the Finals.

How's that for upsets.

[ex carrabba fan]

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I guarantee you if someone came up to King B and said

"I'll give you a million dollars if you pick the right first round winner out of Miami vs. Philly"

or if they said "Choose the winner of Philly/Miami, if you choose incorrectly, you lose everything you own and will be homeless/poor forever"

I guarantee you King would not choose Philly

[ProfessaPackMan]

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Dates/Times have been added to the first post, FYI.