I'll make this quick and dirty, as I'm mid-way through the process of packing up the house and getting ready to move a whopping 5 miles away, but let's do this for round one, eh? Pick the winner and number of games (1 point for correct winner, 2 points for correct winner and number of games. 0 points for incorrect winner and correct number of games) East Boston vs. Atlanta Detroit vs. Philadelphia Orlando vs. Toronto Cleveland vs. Washington West LA Lakers vs. Denver New Orleans vs. Dallas San Antonio vs. Phoenix Utah vs. Houston Bonus for the first round, worth 2 points each, to make a perfect first round worth 20 points: Pick the player with the highest scoring average in each conference.
Also, don't forget, even though Utah is a higher seed than Houston, the Rockets have a better record and, therefore, the home-court advantage.
Boston 4 Detroit 5 Toronto 7 Cleveland 6 Chris Bosh L.A. Lakers 5 New Orleans 7 Phoenix 6 Utah 6 Kobe Bryant
My picks: East: Boston in 4 Detroit in 4 Orlando in 7 Washington in 5 and Antawn Jamison West: Los Angeles in 6 Dallas in 6 Phoenix in 6 Utah in 6 and Allen Iverson
Thanks Ufez! East: Boston in 4 Detroit in 5 Toronto in 6 Cleveland in 5 High Scoring Average: Lebron James West: Los Angeles in 6 New Orleans in 7 San Antonio in 7 Houston in 6 High Scoring Average: Kobe Bryant Good Luck everyone!
Boston in 3 (they'll destroy Atlanta so badly, ATL won't show up for game 4...ok fine, BOS in 4 games) Detroit in 7 Orlando in 7 Washington in 6 Lebron James LA in 5 Dallas in 6 Phoenix in 6 Houston in 5 Carmelo Anthony
Boston in 4 Detroit in 4 Orlando in 5 Cleveland in 5 Lebron James LA Lakers in 4 Dallas in 5 San Antonio in 6 Utah in 6 Kobe Bryant
East Boston in 4 Detroit in 6 Orlando in 6 Washington in 7 Dwight Howard West LA Lakers in 5 New Orleans in 6 Phoenix in 7 Utah in 6 Allen Iverson
EAST Boston in 4 Phily in 6 Orlando in 6 Cleveland in 6 LeBronJames WEST Lakers in 5 New Orleans in 7 Phoenix in 7 Houston in 6 Kpbe Bryant
Boston in 5 Motor city in 4 Toronto in 6 Clevland in 6 LeBron La Lakers, Fast Break Makers in 5 Dallas in 6 San Antonio in 7 Houston in 6 Super Kobe
EAST Celtics in 4 Pistons in 5 Raptors in 7 Cavs in 6 Gilbert Arenas WEST Lakers in 6 Mavs in 7 Suns in 7 Jazz in 5 Amare Stoudamire
East Boston 4 Detroit 5 Orlando 7 Cleveland 7 LeBron James West LA Lakers 5 Dallas 7 Phoenix 5 Utah 5 Amare Stoudemire
Boston 5 Detroit 5 Orlando 6 Washington 7 Lebron LA 6 New Orleans 7 Phoenix 7 Utah 6 Kobe
Boston 5 Detroit 5 Orlando 6 Cleveland 6 L.A. 5 New Orleans 6 San Antonio 6 Utah 6 East: James West: Kobe
East Boston (4) vs. Atlanta Detroit (6)vs. Philadelphia Orlando vs. Toronto (6) Cleveland (6) vs. Washington James West LA Lakers (6) vs. Denver New Orleans vs. Dallas (7) (only to be contrarian; NO could easily win) San Antonio vs. Phoenix (6) Utah (7)vs. Houston Kobe (This is one thing I like about NHL picks. There's so much more variance, especially when it comes to individual performances.)
Boston in 5 Detroit in 5 Orlando in 7 Washington in 6 James Los Angeles in 5 New Orleans in 6 San Antonio in 6 Houstan in 5 Bryant
Whoops. There goes that Detroit sweep that I predicted... (This is one thing I like about NHL picks. There's so much more variance, especially when it comes to individual performances.) Yeah, this round was put together kind of slapdash. I'll try to come up with some better wildcards for round 2. Hopefully things will have settled down some by then. Plus, I like having more points possible with each subsequent round. For the finals, I'll try to have a veritable buffet of points available. Any suggestions are welcome. Feel free to e-mail.
