Yeah the pick they gave up was top 3 protected so they were trying to increase their odds of jumping up and keeping the pick, but in the end it did nothing for them

IND over ATL 5 Gs
MIA over CHA 6 Gs
TOR over BKN 7 Gs
CHI over WAS 6 Gs

IND over CHI 7 Gs
MIA over TOR 5 Gs

MIA over IND 6 Gs

SAS over DAL 4 Gs
OKC over MEM 7 Gs
LAC over GSW 5 Gs
HOU over POR 5 Gs

SAS over HOU 6 Gs
LAC over OKC 6 Gs

SAS over LAC 5 Gs

Finals: SAS over MIA 5 Gs

Spurs over Dallas in 4
OKC over Memphis in 6
Clippers over Warriors in 5
Houston over Portland in 7

Pacers over Hawks in 5
Heat over Charlotte in 5
Raptors over Nets in 7
Chicago over Wizards in 6

San Antonio over Houston in 6
OKC over Clippers in 7

Pacers over Chicago in 7
Heat over Raptors in 6

San Antonio over OKC in 7
Pacers over Heat in 7

San Antonio over Pacers in 6

Spurs over Dallas in 5
OKC over Memphis in 7
Clippers over Warriors in 6
Houston over Portland in 7

Pacers over Hawks in 5
Heat over Charlotte in 5
Raptors over Nets in 7
Chicago over Wizards in 7

San Antonio over Houston in 7
OKC over Clippers in 7

Chicago over Pacers in 6
Miami over Toronto in 5

OKC over San Antonio in 6
Miami over Chicago in 5

Miami over OKC in 6

1st round winners
Spurs
OKC
Clippers
Houston

Pacers
Heat
Nets
Chicago

2nd round winners
San Antonio
OKC

Pacers
Miami

3rd winners
OKC over San Antonio
Miami over Indiana

Championship
OKC over Miami in 6

King James reign ends in the hand of Durrant

I agree with pretty much Rev's bracket.

Heat over Clips.

Dream matchup would be Nets (Coach Kidd) vs the Mavricks with Dirk beating his old teammate

Spurs over Dallas in 6
Memphis over OKC in 6
Clippers over Warriors in 5
Houston over Portland in 5

Pacers over Hawks in 4
Heat over Charlotte in 6
Nets over Raptors in 6
Chicago over Wizards in 7

Houston over Spurs in 6
Clippers over Memphis in 5

Pacers over Chicago in 6
Heat over Nets in 5

Houston over Clippers in 7
Heat over Pacers in 7

Houston over Heat in 7

Tough loss but predictable with inexperience

Amazed Derozan almost averaged 23ppg this year with the holes in his game/talent level

Great win for the Warriors.

That Indiana-Atlanta game was beautiful

Spurs Mavs was surprisingly enjoyable

IMO IND is in real trouble. ATL is a really bad matchup for their D with how much more shooting centric than drive centric they are, so I don't know if IND can just win games 80-75. And IND's offense is a trainwreck, I believe they set a modern record by having 5 sub-80 pt games out of 6 a few weeks back.

Maybe it's just overreacting to how good they looked Gm 1 but I think BKN has a real chance to make the Finals. They have so many guys who can be game breakers. If BKN beat MIA in Round 2 I'd call them the favorites to make the Finals over IND and CHI

The East is SO BAD.

Hawks had this game for the 1st half. Too bad there was a 2nd half to play.

Raptors won that game bc it was at home.. need offense to be a lot more in sync to avoid 3-1... took 1.5 games more than it should've for Dwane Casey to realize Fields playing PF against Pierce is a good idea

Another great game. Aldridge was unstoppable in the second half, it completely killed Houston's mojo. I don't think this is a sweep, but I also don't see how Houston fights back from this.

Houston's GM is amazing from a cap/asset/trade/etc. perspective but maybe they are getting too cute with advanced stat-ing up their style of play (their entire team averaged like 4.5 midrange jumpers a game this year). I mean give an old school/high-pedigree coach Harden, Howard, Parsons, etc. and he's going to win a ton no matter how much he likes midrange shot, and then his team may be more versatile in the playoffs

OKC really needs a new coach. They're the supermodel with the much worse looking/lame boyfriend they've had since junior high. Time to move on.

For those things he did tons of other good moves, to get all those assets to trade for Harden, draft Parsons, sign Beverly, etc.

And the Asik/Lin contracts were good ideas at the time

OKC's offense is so predictable. If Durant isn't hitting shots, they can't create anything. That's on the coach, and it's why they don't improve year after year.

Yeah David Lee can't guard Blake at all. I'm happy that we are still getting a hell of a series out of it though.

Also agree on OKCs predictable offense, they remind me of the LeBron Cavs, even with a second superstar. If only they had a third elite scoring option instead of Jeremy Lamb and Steven Adams...

Ibaka can score 15+ per game if they involve him. They rarely ever do.

What OKC should do: Offer Minnesota anything they want (but Durant/Westbrook) for Love. I don't think Minnesota is getting a better offer than Ibaka, multiple 1st round picks, some combination of Reggie Jackson/Lamb/PJIII/etc. for him. I mean you could make the case that Ibaka/Pek is barely worse than Love/Pek because with Ibaka there's a more complimentary mix of offense and defense. Add in Dieng as 3rd big and that's one of the most physically intimidating frontcourts in the NBA. Offense is clearly a problem on that team but try to work slowly towards IND and MEM status.

Not buying Love to the Lakers thing whatsoever. Why would the guy carrying around a "loser/never made the playoffs tag" go to a shittier supporting cast than MIN's to miss the playoffs some more? I think Love either goes to a West powerhouse like OKC/HOU or a good East team like the Wizards. Either way he makes the playoffs

LOVE TO PHOENIX