Here are the final standings of the NBA playoff teams

For the Almighty West:

In one bracket:
Phoenix vs San Antonio
Lakers at Minnesota


In the other bracket:
Utah vs Sacramento
Portland vs Dallas


For the East (aka Least)

In one bracket
Orlando vs Detroit
New Orleans vs Philadelphia

In the other bracket
Milwaukee vs New Jersey
Boston vs Indiana


Here's my picks:

1. San Antonio beats Phoenix in 5
2. Lakers beat Minnesota in 5
3. Sacramento beats Utah in 4
4. Dallas beats Portland in 6

1. Orlando upsets Detroit in 7
2. Philadelphia beats New Orleans in 6
3. New Jersey beats Milwaukee in 6
4. Boston upsets Indiana in 7


2nd round to be picked later..

if BGray or Iggy is reading this, how about points for whoever picks the correct winners from Round win, with the tiebreakers being the correct numbers of games the winning team has to play to win the series?????

Can someone pass the word to BGray or Iggy??

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no way orlando beats detroit , i agree boston will knock off the pacers

jdfan..first, Ben Wallace is not healthy. Had he been healthy, I'd pick Detroit over the Magic.

But with an injured Wallace rushed back into action, I don't think Pistons have enough offense to offset McGrady and his buddies.

Also, the schedules come out tomorrow morning, and I will post a link to the days that each team will be playing, and the time.

For the Almighty West:

In one bracket:
Phoenix vs San Antonio---spurs (6)
Lakers at Minnesota---minnesota (7)


In the other bracket:
Utah vs Sacramento--- kings (5)
Portland vs Dallas---dallas (6)


For the East (aka Least)

In one bracket
Orlando vs Detroit---detroit (6)
New Orleans vs Philadelphia---philly (4)

In the other bracket
Milwaukee vs New Jersey---nets (6)
Boston vs Indiana---(7)


I talked to my buddies in the business of fixing games and this is how it will play out.

enough said this the story, I at least this is what I think
the lakers are out in the first round the KG and the crew

Gioperation....Wolves beat Lakers, huh? If so, it better not go to game 7. Wolves better think about doing it in 6 games or less.

Game 7 is all about experience. Just ask the Sacramento Kings.

Lakers don't care about whether games are played at home or on the road.

Phoenix vs San Antonio---suns (6)
Lakers at Minnesota---lakers (5)


In the other bracket:
Utah vs Sacramento--- kings (5)
Portland vs Dallas---dallas (7)


For the East (aka Least)

In one bracket
Orlando vs Detroit---detroit (7)
New Orleans vs Philadelphia---philly (7)

In the other bracket
Milwaukee vs New Jersey---bucks (6)
Boston vs Indiana---pacers(6)

Phoenix vs San Antonio--- Spurs (4)
Lakers at Minnesota--- Lakers (5)


In the other bracket:
Utah vs Sacramento--- Kings (6)
Portland vs Dallas---Dallas (5)


For the East (aka Least)

Orlando vs Detroit---Detroit (5)
New Orleans vs Philadelphia---Philly (6)

Milwaukee vs New Jersey--- Nets (6)
Boston vs Indiana--- Pacers(5)

In one bracket:
Phoenix vs San Antonio----Spurs in 6
Lakers at Minnesota----Lakers in 5


In the other bracket:
Utah vs Sacramento----Queens in 5
Portland vs Dallas----Mavs in 6


For the East (aka Least)

In one bracket
Orlando vs Detroit----Pistons in 6
New Orleans vs Philadelphia----Sixers in 6

In the other bracket
Milwaukee vs New Jersey----Bucks in 7
Boston vs Indiana----Pacers in 7

wow, no one is picking Orlando to win? Y'all don't think, with an injured Ben Wallace (Pistons depend on their defense, b/c they really aren't a big scoring team), that this doesn't give McGrady and the Magic an advantage?

I'll go with SA, LA, Sacramento and Dallas all in 5 games. In the East, I think NJ also wins in 5. The other series will be tougher. Indiana, Phily and Orlando will all win in 6.

Not only does Detroit have an injured Ben Wallace, they have one of the biggest playoff chokers in the history of the NBA. Uncle Cliffy will be the demise of the Pistons.

And here is the entire schedule for the 1st round:


All Times EDT

FIRST ROUND
(Best-of-7)

WESTERN CONFERENCE


No. 4 Minnesota vs. No. 5 L.A. Lakers

Sunday, April 20: 3:30 p.m.
Tuesday, April 22: 9:30 p.m.
Thursday, April 24: 11 p.m.
Sunday, April 27: 3 p.m.
Tuesday, April 29: TBA
Thursday, May 1: TBA*
Saturday, May 3: TBA*

No. 1 San Antonio vs. No. 8 Phoenix

Saturday, April 19: 5:30 p.m.
Monday, April 21: 8 p.m.
Friday, April 25: 10 p.m.
Sunday, April 27: 10:30 p.m.
Tuesday, April 29: TBA*
Thursday, May 1: TBA*
Saturday, May 3: TBA*

No. 2 Sacramento vs. No. 7 Utah

Saturday, April 19: 10:30 p.m.
Monday, April 21: 10:30 p.m.
Saturday, April 26: 10 p.m.
Monday, April 28: 10:30 p.m.
Wednesday, April 30: TBA*
Friday, May 2: TBA*
Sunday, May 4: TBA*

No. 3 Dallas vs. No. 6 Portland

Saturday, April 19: 9 p.m.
Wednesday, April 23: 9:30 p.m.
Friday, April 25: 10:30 p.m.
Sunday, April 27: 8 p.m.
Wednesday, April 30: TBA*
Friday, May 2: TBA*
Sunday, May 4: TBA*


EASTERN CONFERENCE

No. 1 Detroit vs. No. 8 Orlando

Sunday, April 20: 12:30 p.m.
Wednesday, April 23: 8 p.m.
Friday, April 25: 8 p.m.
Sunday, April 27: 5:30 p.m.
Wednesday, April 30: TBA*
Friday, May 2: TBA*
Sunday, May 4: TBA*

No. 2 New Jersey vs. No. 7 Milwaukee

Saturday, April 19: 12:30 p.m.
Tuesday, April 22: 7 p.m.
Thursday, April 24: 8:30 p.m.
Saturday, April 26: 5 p.m.
Tuesday, April 29: TBA*
Thursday, May 1: TBA*
Saturday, May 3: TBA*

No. 3 Indiana vs. No. 6 Boston

Saturday, April 19: 3 p.m.
Monday, April 21: 8:30 p.m.
Thursday, Aprul 24: 6 p.m.
Sunday, April 27: Noon
Tuesday, April 29: TBA*
Thursday, May 1: TBA*
Saturday, May 3: TBA*

No. 4 Philadelphia vs. No. 5 New Orleans

Sunday, April 20: 8 p.m.
Wednesday, April 23: 7 p.m.
Saturday, April 26: 7:30 p.m.
Monday, April 28: 8 p.m.
Wednesday, April 30:TBA*
Friday, May 2: TBA*
Sunday, May 4: TBA*

* if necessary


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i dont know about the others but mn is beating la in 6

Joe, lol. I used to live in Richfield, MN, and few of my buddies there, who love watching KG play, think Wolves have a chance.

Only a few more days until the talking stops and play begins.

podstock your right but i just put up to be safe it is going to be a sweep :guns: :guns:

2 out of 2 in my picks so far.

Picked the Boston upset (although not number of games)

Picked the Sacramento win.

Tonight can see several more picks come true: Spurs, Lakers, and Nets.

Anyone else care to update their own picks?

Would be fun to see who picks correctly the winners after NBA Finals are done.

Now that Spurs and the Lakers have finished off Suns and Wolves respectively....and Nets beat Bucks

I am 5-5 so far.

Tomorrow, Dallas vs Portland; Phil vs NO; and Detroit vs Orlando

I am looking for the Orlando upset, and look for Phil to close out series. Not sure who wins tomorrow in Portland.

Can Portland possibly come back from 3-0 deficit to win it all?

5/3/03 update: well, another series is now over ,as AI made an incredible, lucky bank shot to give the Sixers a 4-point lead and eventually ended the game. 4-2 series over.

As for Portland - Dallas....man oh man, when the shooting isn't there, it's all over. Portland just devastated Dallas last night. Game was over before halftime, as Dallas kept missing and missing.

I think if Portland can keep up the defensive pressure, they will be the first team to win 4 straight after being down 3-0. Never been done in MLB or NBA; only 2x in hockey.

I cannot believe how soft the Dallas defense is; I knew it wasn't very good.....but, the past 2 games, it's been non-existent. As the joke goes, "..there's no D in Dallas....or in Dirk, for that matter...."

Nowitzki, averaging 34.8 points for this play-offs, had 4 points. That's right FOUR points, on 2-11 shooting.

How can a 7-footer not be able to post inside??

wowowowowow. Did you see the bench in the 2nd half, the Dallas starters were just in absolute shock.

Can they recover to win game 7?

I say

1) yes ---- IF they start hitting their shots from the start of the game

2) no --- if they begin the 1st quarter shooting in the low 30% area.

two game 7 for Sunday, May 4th:

Detroit vs Orlando at 12:30 pm EST

and

Porland at Dallas 3:30 pm EST, with the chance to make history as the only NBA team to ever come from down 3-0 to win the next 4 games.

wowowow....how bad a defense is Dallas?

I am SHOCKED by what I am seeing, as Detroit has an 18-point lead with just 3 minutes left in 4th quarter.

I thought Magic was going to win the series; and once they had the series lead, I thought it was over.

Boy, did the Pistons turn up that defense of theirs.

Absolutely stymied Orlando's offense in last several games.

Well, I was correct in all my picks except for Orlando upsetting Detroit. Orlando was up 3-1 games, and just couldn't close it out as the Pistons defense really clamped down on T-Mac.

Just shows how badly teams need 2 superstars.

Can slow down Shaq and/or Kobe, but not both.

As for Portland - Dallas, Dallas finally pulled the 4th game out, but only b/c for some inexplicable reason, Blazers didn't go into Rasheed in the post. Why not?!?!? Dallas has no interior defense, and Rasheed's game is the inside post. Blazers had a really good chance to win, even leading by 3 in 4th quarter, but it was meant to be.