Eastern Conference Playoffs - First Round Discussion Thread

[King_B_Mack]

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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

C'mon son, I picked the Bulls to lose in the second round there. Those aren't the picks that I think will happen, but since no one is gonna pick any upsets, like I said, forget it, I'll do it. If I'm picking for a million, then as Delonte would say..I'm riding wit James.

[ex carrabba fan]

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I was just jokin King

I know if I had to put my money where my mouth was, I wouldn't pick any upsets in the first round.

[goh]

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I only do one round at a time.

Bulls in 6
76ers in 6
Celts in 5
Hawks in 7

2K11 for me says...

[Scott812313]

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**** 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.

I would be less surprised if a flying saucer landed on my front lawn, came into my house and abducted me and took me into space, than I would be if the 76ers win this series at all, let alone in 6. This is exactly the kind of team the front-running Heat have and will feast upon. This series has sweep written all over it to me. I bet they win the 4 games by a total of 60+ points too.

[Yeah...THAT Guy]

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I would be less surprised if a flying saucer landed on my front lawn, came into my house and abducted me and took me into space, than I would be if the 76ers win this series at all, let alone in 6. This is exactly the kind of team the front-running Heat have and will feast upon. This series has sweep written all over it to me. I bet they win the 4 games by a total of 60+ points too.

I feel the same way. Of all the teams in the playoffs, I think the 76ers are the easiest team for the Heat to manhandle.

[ProfessaPackMan]

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Damn, out of ALL the teams though?

[travis72]

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I'm not gonna act like Indy has a great chance, but I love what they've been doing since getting a new coach.

Psycho T has been doing his thing, and the team overall seems to be committed to the coach's vision. Even though they've had a bad losing streak... I like what I see out of them.

I just have a good feeling about them. Even if they get beat by Chicago, I think they will improve a lot going into next year. They have some good pieces in place and defined roles.

I wouldn't be surprised if Indy took Chicago to the brink.

Chicago v Indy: Chicago in 6 or 7 but I really like Indy. Hell I might as well just say Indy in an upset but we shall see.
Miami v Philly: Miami in 5 or 6
Orlando v ATL: Orlando in 6
Boston v NY: Boston in 6 or 7

I really don't htink the Pacers have much of a chance but man it would be quite a upset if they could pull it off. I hope they atleast wear the Bulls down so they lose in in the 2nd round. I hate the Bulls more than any other team so if we can't beat them I atleast hope we wear them down and break their confindence a little going inot the next round.

[Scott812313]

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Damn, out of ALL the teams though?

The Heat would bully Indy and Philly both in 4 games. Those are the exact teams they just don't lose to and often win by 15-20 points.

[Muzyk23]

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lol at Sixers getting all the credit..I just don't see it

[dsallupinyaarea]

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Bulls in 5
Magic in 5
Celtics in 6
Heat in 5

Bulls over Magic in 6
Celtics over Heat in 6

Celtics over Bulls in 7

[Sublime12089]

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Bulls in 5
Magic in 6
Heat in 5
Celtics in 6

Bulls over Magic in 6
Heat over Celtics in 7

Heat over Bulls in 7


I hate it, but I see LeBron and D Wade turning it on. LeBron wants a ring badly and with the Cavs he dragged a lackluster supporting cast far in the post season, but noone thinks he can do it with D Wade? Rose will have his time, but it is not this year.

[ProfessaPackMan]

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The Heat would bully Indy and Philly both in 4 games. Those are the exact teams they just don't lose to and often win by 15-20 points.

But...they already have though.

lol at Sixers getting all the credit..I just don't see it

How can we give the Sixers credit when they haven't done anything yet?

[OSUFan_88]

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I'd be stunned if the 76ers are even within 20 points in any game.

[King_B_Mack]

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Bulls in 5
Magic in 6
Heat in 5
Celtics in 6

Bulls over Magic in 6
Heat over Celtics in 7

Heat over Bulls in 7


I hate it, but I see LeBron and D Wade turning it on. LeBron wants a ring badly and with the Cavs he dragged a lackluster supporting cast far in the post season, but noone thinks he can do it with D Wade? Rose will have his time, but it is not this year.

Difference being LeBron did that in an East that featured a 53 win Detroit Pistons as it's best team, a 47 win Toronto Raptors, 44 win Miami Heat, 49 win Bulls team, 41 win Nets and Wizard teams and a 40 win Magic. Besides that we still don't know how the take turns taking over thing is going to work in the Playoffs.

[LingeringRegime]

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(1)Chicago Bulls (4-1)
(8)Indiana Pacers

(4)Orlando Magic (4-0)
(5)Atlanta Hawks

(3)Boston Celtics (4-2)
(6)New York Knicks

(2)Miami Heat (4-2)
(7)Philadelphia Sixers