[dmo21Participant]

Not a lot of time for the 9th annual Playoff Pickum Game due to these silly play-in games. We can start to get out picks in and adjust once play-in games are played.

Simple concept. Pick who you think is going to win each matchup and in how many games. Get points for predicting the right winner and get more points for predicting the right amount of games (only if your team wins, of course). Points escalate as we go further into the playoffs. Scoring breakdown can be seen here: https://www.nbadraft.net/forums/topic/playoff-pickum-game-2016/

All picks must be made prior to the tip off of the first playoff game. You can change your choices after you post, but still only before the first game.

It’s probably the easiest just to follow my format (well, easier for me). So here are my picks for this year:

EAST:
First Round:
MIA (5)
BRK (6)
MIL (5)
PHI (6)
Second Round:
MIA (7)
MIL (6)
Conference Finals:
MIL (6)

WEST:
First Round:
PHO (6)
MEM (5)
DEN (6)
UTA (5)
Second Round:
PHO (6)
MEM (7)
Conference Finals:
PHO (6)

NBA Finals:
MIL (6)

Now let’s see your picks!

[canadabasketballisrisingParticipant]

EAST:
First Round:
MIA (5)
BRK (5)
MIL (5)
TOR (7)
Second Round:
MIA (6)
MIL (6)
Conference Finals:
MIA (6)

WEST:
First Round:
PHO (6)
MIN (7)
DEN (6)
UTA (6)
Second Round:
PHO (6)
UTAH (6)
Conference Finals:
PHO (6)
MIA (6)

NBA Finals:
MIA (6)

[ZouldiersParticipant]

EAST:
First Round:
MIA (5)
BOS (7)
MIL (6)
TOR (6)
Second Round:
MIA (5)
MIL (6)
Conference Finals:
MIA (7)

WEST:
First Round:
PHO (6)
MEM (7)
DEN (6)
UTA (6)
Second Round:
PHO (5)
MEM (7)
Conference Finals:
PHO (5)

NBA Finals:
MIA (6)

[OhCanada-Participant]

EAST:
First Round:
MIA (6)
BOS (6)
MIL (4)
TOR (6)
Second Round:
TOR (6)
MIL (7)
Conference Finals:
TOR (7)

WEST:
First Round:
PHO (6)
MEM (4)
DEN (7)
UTA (7)
Second Round:
PHO (5)
MEM (7)
Conference Finals:
MEM (7)

NBA Finals:
TOR (6) *obviously

[NorrinRaddParticipant]

1st ROUND East

Heat (5)
76ers (5)
Bucks (5)
Nets (5)

2nd ROUND East

Bucks (7)
Heat (7)

East Finals

Heat (6)

1st ROUND West

Grizzlies (4)
Warriors (5)
Jazz (4)
Suns (4)

2nd ROUND West

Warriors (7)
Suns (6)

Finals West

Warriors (6)

Finals

WARRIORS = Champions over Heat (6)

[armchairgmParticipant]

Not enough time to pick amount of games, but here are the picks I posted in a different thread last week.
East
Play in 7th seed- Brooklyn
Play in 8th seed- Atlanta
1st Round- Miami, Toronto, Boston, Milwaukee
2nd Round- Toronto, Milwaukee
East Finals- Toronto

West
Play in 7th Seed- LAC
Play in 8th Seed- Minnesota
1st Round- Phoenix, Utah, Memphis, Denver
2nd Round- Phoenix, Memphis
West Finals- Memphis

Finals Memphis over Toronto

[r377Participant]

EAST:
First Round:
MIA (6)
TOR (7)
MIL (6)
BROOK (7)
Second Round:
MIA (6)
MIL (7)
Conference Finals:
MIA (7)

WEST:
First Round:
PHO (6)
UTAH (6)
GS (6)
MEM (6)
Second Round:
PHO (5)
GS (6)
Conference Finals:
GS (6)

NBA Finals:
GS (6)

[NorrinRaddParticipant]

Jimmy Buckets with a gimp ankle comeback win for the Heat to force game 7!!! Dubs are in line to beat the winner while Boston/Miami tire each other out.

[BKGingerSnapParticipant]

EAST:
First Round:
MIA (4)
PHI (4)
MIL (4)
BOS (7)
Second Round:
MIA (7)
BOS (7)
Conference Finals:
MIA (7)

WEST:
First Round:
PHO (4)
UTAH (7)
GS (5)
MIN (7)
Second Round:
PHO (5)
GS (6)
Conference Finals:
PHO (6)

NBA Finals:
PHO (6)

[dmo21Participant]

Standings after the 1st Round:

1. NorrinRadd: 9 points (only two wrong)
2. dmo21: 9 points (three wrong guesses)
3. BKGingerSnap: 7 points (only two wrong)
4. Zouldiers: 7 points (three wrong guesses)
5. r377: 7 points (three wrong guesses)
6. nbadraft consensus: 6 points (no incorrect future picks)
7. Canadabasketballisrising: 6 points (Utah winning in 2nd round)
8. OhCanada: 6 points (Toronto winning it all…)
9. armchairgm: 5 points

Stay tuned!

[OhCanada-Participant]

lol

[r377Participant]

No one had Boston or Dallas to advance ?

I guess that is why i love this game….

[dmo21Participant]

Standings after the 2nd Round:

1. BKGingerSnap: 17 points (not much potential left with having Phoenix winning it all)
2. r377: 15 points (Heat/Warriors finals could still happen!)
3. NorrinRadd: 13 points (almost identical picks to r377, the only 2 guys with their finals matchup still possible)
4. dmo21: 11 points (luckily I did good in the 1st round as I can’t get any more points now..)
5. Canadabasketballisrising: 10 points (highest in the standings with Heat winning it all, so still a chance!)
6. nbadraft consensus: 10 points
7. Zouldiers: 9 points (still got Miami!)
8. OhCanada: 6 points (well, your done, but at least you’re not last)
9. armchairgm: 5 points (well, you set the record for least points ever..)

Dallas and Boston just out here being bracket breakers!

[dmo21Participant]

Well, now we have the finals and this is pretty much the end of the game for this year. Only two posters had the Warriors winning it all and they both had them winning in 6 games. So win or lose, r377 gets 1st place. 2nd is still up for grabs if the Celtics pull off the win. Here’s the standings going into the Finals:

1. r377 with 18 points (has GS winning in 6)
2. BKGingerSnap with 17 points
3. NorrinRadd with 16 points (has GS winning in 6)
4. dmo21 with 11 points
5. nbadraft consensus with 10 points (5 correct winners picked)
6. Canadabasketballisrising with 10 points (only 4 correct winners picked)
7. Zouldiers with 9 points
8. OhCanada with 6 points
9. armchairgm with 5 points

We’ll check in after the finals to see who got 2nd!

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