At least it was an exciting game in lopsided finals

Doncic foul out and challenge killed because it also gave the Celtics a few minutes to collect themselves.

Flava'd said he's on vacation soon so if he is not around I will run this, note that the turnaround to predict will be short due to play ins.

The seeds are set so 2025 game is open! Predict at least the play-in games by Tuesday/Wednesday:

East

Play-in games:

For 7th seed: 8 Atlanta @ 7 Orlando

10 Miami @ 9 Chicago


For 8th seed: Winner of Mia/Chi @ Loser of Atl/Orl

1 Cleveland vs #8
2 Boston vs #7
3 New York vs 6 Detroit
4 Indiana vs 5 Milwaukee

Round 2:
1/8 winner vs 4/5 winner
2/7 winner vs 3/6 winner

Round 3: 1/8/4/5 winner vs 2/7/3/6 winner

West

For 7th seed: 8 Memphis @ 7 Golden State

10 Dallas @ 9 Sacramento


For 8th seed: Winner of Dal/Sac @ Loser of Mem/GSW

Playoffs

1 Oklahoma City vs #8
2 Houston vs #7
3 LA Lakers vs 6 Minnesota
4 Denver vs 5 LA Clippers

Round 2:
1/8 winner vs 4/5 winner
2/7 winner vs 3/6 winner

Round 3: 1/8/4/5 winner vs 2/7/3/6 winner

Finals



East champion vs West champion

Atlanta over Orlando
Bulls over Heat
Warriors over Grizzlies
Kings over Mavs

Bulls over Atlanta
Warriors over Kings

The Nba will do everything in its power to have Golden State go through.

East

Play-in games:

For 7th seed: 8 Atlanta @ 7 Orlando

10 Miami @ 9 Chicago


For 8th seed: Winner of Mia/Chi @ Loser of Atl/Orl


East

1 Cleveland vs Chicago
2 Boston vs Orlando
3 New York vs 6 Detroit
4 Indiana vs 5 Milwaukee

Round 2:
1/8 Cleveland vs 4/5 Indiana
2/7 Boston vs 3/6 New York

Round 3: 1 Cleveland vs 2 Boston

West

For 7th seed: 8 Memphis @ 7 Golden State

10 Dallas @ 9 Sacramento


For 8th seed: Winner of Dal/Sac @ Loser of Mem/GSW

Playoffs

1 Oklahoma City vs Sacramento
2 Houston vs Golden State
3 LA Lakers vs 6 Minnesota
4 Denver vs 5 LA Clippers

Round 2:
OKC vs DEN
HOU vs LAL

Round 3: OKC vs LAL

Finals



Boston Celtics vs Los Angeles Lakers

Play-in games:

East
For 7th seed: 8 Atlanta @ 7 Orlando

10 Miami @ 9 Chicago


For 8th seed: Chicago @ Atlanta

1 Cleveland vs 8 Atlanta
2 Boston vs 7 Orlando
3 New York vs 6 Detroit
4 Indiana vs 5 Milwaukee

Round 2:
1 Cleveland vs 4 Indiana
2 Boston vs 6 Detroit

Round 3: 1 Cleveland vs 2 Boston

West
8 Memphis @ 7 Golden State

10 Dallas @ 9 Sacramento



Sacramento @ Memphis

Playoffs

1 Oklahoma City vs 8 Memphis
2 Houston vs 7 Golden State
3 LA Lakers vs 6 Minnesota
4 Denver vs 5 LA Clippers

Round 2:
1 Oklahoma City vs 4 Denver
3 LA Lakers vs 7 Golden State

Round 3: 1 Oklahoma City vs 7 Golden State

Finals

Boston vs Oklahoma City

You can wait to do the other playoffs but please predict all the play in games before the first starts.



The loser of 7/8 plays winner of 8/9, so the second game would be Orlando vs Chicago and Memphis vs Sacramento if the first four winners are Atlanta/Chicago/GSW/Sacramento.

East

Play-in games:

For 7th seed: 8Atlanta @ 7 Orlando

10 Miami @ 9 Chicago


For 8th seed: Winner of Mia/Chi @ Loser of Atl/Orl

1 Cleveland vs #8
2 Boston vs #7
3 New York vs 6 Detroit
4 Indiana vs 5 Milwaukee


West

For 7th seed: 8 Memphis @ 7 Golden State

10 Dallas @ 9 Sacramento


For 8th seed: Winner of Dal/Sac @ Loser of Mem/GSW

Playoffs

1 Oklahoma City vs #8
2 Houston vs #7
3 LA Lakers vs 6 Minnesota
4 Denver vs 5 LA Clippers

Make sure to predict full playoffs by the first real playoff game.

Yeah, actually, I got a whole bracket for that already.

East

Play-in games:

For 7th seed: 8Atlanta @ 7 Orlando

10 Miami @ 9 Chicago


For 8th seed: Winner of Mia/Chi @ Loser of Atl/Orl

1 Cleveland vs #8
2 Boston vs #7
3 New York vs 6 Detroit
4 Indiana vs 5 Milwaukee

Round 2:
Cleveland vs 4/5 winner
Boston vs 3/6 winner

Round 3: 1/8/4/5 winner vs Boston


West

For 7th seed: 8 Memphis @ 7 Golden State

10 Dallas @ 9 Sacramento


For 8th seed: Winner of Dal/Sac @ Loser of Mem/GSW

Playoffs

1 Oklahoma City vs #8
2 Houston vs #7 Golden State
3 LA Lakers vs 6 Minnesota
4 Denver vs 5 LA Clippers

Round 2:
OKC vs 4/5 winner
GSW vs 3/6 winner

Round 3: 1/8/4/5 winner vs GSW


Finals



East champion vs GSW

Good Warriors and Grizzlies game, though not sure I'm in love with my Warriors final 4 pick after that. Jimmy and Curry is a great combo.

If im not too late....

Cavs
Celtics
Knicks
Bucks

Thunder
Rockets
Lakers
Clippers

Cavs
Celtics

Thunder
Lakers

Celtics vs Lakers finals with Celtics repeating. Boooooooooo.

Yeah you can play just with losing play-in points.

Play-in points

stuffp 5

Shack 3

Rev 2
Flava'd 0

stuffp almost nails it but like Debbie and casual NFL betters, he rode Dallas a little too hard by taking them to beat the Grizzlies.

2 dysfunctional teams, but with the Mavs so much more in the spotlight I thought they could rise to it. They wouldn't have had, like the Grizzlies wont now, a chance against the Thunder though.

Warriors > Lakers.

Ruh oh. Maybe my "the fix is in" finals prediction was way off haha. OKC is a beast.

TWolves over Lakers in 5 is like a mini version of 2004 Lakers/Pistons finals.

Goldne State beating Houston in road game 7 due to experience sounds about right

Round 1 points:

Rev, stuffp, me: 12 pts
Flava'd: 8

No miracle comeback for Flava'd possible

Pacers have got to be the luckiest team. They probably win last nights game even if Garland plays, 54% vs 28% 3 point shooting aint gonna work, but now Mobley and Hunter are questionable for game 2? Crazy how the other team always has a top star missing when they go against Indiana in the playoffs.

I can't believe the Pacers won that one.

Celtics shoot so many 3s that if they suck from there for 2 games they can have weird results like this.

I have no faith in the Knicks lol somehow someway they will fuck this up