[dmo21Participant]

Okay, let’s try this again for another year! Hopefully we get more interest this year!

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/

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:
DET (5)
BOS (5)
NY (6)
CLE (6)
Second Round:
CLE (7)
BOS (6)
Conference Finals:
BOS (7)

WEST:
First Round:
OKC (4)
SAN (4)
DEN (6)
HOU (5)
Second Round:
OKC (6)
DEN (6)
Conference Finals:
OKC (6)

NBA Finals:
BOS (7)

Not a lot of time between the play in games and the first round of the playoffs to get this going. So get your picks in as quick as you can!

[NorrinRaddParticipant]

EAST

DET – 6
BOS – 5
NYK – 6
CLE – 6

CLE – 6
BOS – 7

CLE – 7

WEST

OKC – 5
SAN – 4
DEN – 6
HOU – 5

OKC – 6
SAN – 7

OKC – 7

OKC in 5 over CLE

[ZouldiersParticipant]

EAST:
First Round:
DET (6)
BOS (5)
NY (6)
CLE (6)
Second Round:
CLE (7)
NY (6)
Conference Finals:
NY (6)

WEST:
First Round:
OKC (4)
SAN (6)
DEN (6)
HOU (5)
Second Round:
OKC (5)
SA (7)
Conference Finals:
SA (6)

NBA Finals:
SA (6)

[JazzPParticipant]

East:
Detroit (5)
Cleveland (5)
New York (6)
Philadelphia (7)

Cleveland (6)
New York (6)

New York (7)

West:
Oklahoma City (4)
Los Angeles (7)
Minnesota (6)
San Antonio (4)

Oklahoma City (5)
Minnesota (7)

Oklahoma City (5)

FINALS:
Oklahoma City (5)

[r377Participant]

EAST:
First Round:
Det vs Orl – DET (5)
Cleve vs Tor – CLE (5)
New York vs Atlanta – NY (7)
Boston vs Phil – BOS (5)
Second Round:
DET (7)
BOS (6)
Conference Finals:
BOS (7)
WEST:
First Round:
OKC vs Phoenix – OKC (4)
Lakers vs Rockets – LAL (6)
Denver vs Minn – DEN (7)
SA vs Port – SA (4)
Second Round:
OKC (6)
SA (6)
Conference Finals:
SA (7)
NBA Finals:
SA (6)

[dmo21Participant]

And our consensus picks:
EAST:
First Round:
DET (5)
BOS (5)
NY (6)
CLE (6)
Second Round:
CLE (7)
BOS (6)
Conference Finals:
BOS (7)

WEST:
First Round:
OKC (4)
SAN (4)
DEN (6)
HOU (5)
Second Round:
OKC (6)
SAN (7)
Conference Finals:
OKC (6)

NBA Finals:
OKC (5)

[dmo21Participant]

Here’s the update after round one of the playoffs. Some dummy even had his champion pick (Boston) lose in the first round.
1. JazzP with 12 points (picked the winner in every series!)
2. r377 with 8 points
3. Zouldiers with 7 points (and has all his future picks still available)
4. nbadraft.net consensus with 7 points
5. dmo21 with 7 points (stupid Boston is ruining my future points)
6. NorrinRadd with 6 points

Still a bit of variety in everyone’s picks, so lots of potential for movement up and down!

[dmo21Participant]

Update #2!

1. JazzP with 18 points (holding steady, only one guess wrong so far)
2. Zouldiers with 17 points (right on JazzP’s tail!)
3. nbadraft.net consensus with 15 points
4. r377 with 14 points
5. dmo21 with 13 points
6. NorrinRadd with 12 points

Majority of people (well, everyone except myself) has either Thunder or Spurs winning it all. So the top spot is still up for grabs!

[JazzPParticipant]

I am a Knicks fan so I hope I get most of the rest of my picks wrong lol.

[dmo21Participant]

Update time! Lots of movement in the standings after the conference finals!

1. Zouldiers with 23 points (and first place locked up!)
2. JazzP with 21 points
3, r377 with 20 points (with a chance for second place with a Spurs win)
4. nbadraft.net consensus with 15 points
5. dmo21 with 13 points (some how stayed out of last place!)
6. NorrinRadd with 12 points

[NorrinRaddParticipant]

Wemby has officially got the crown of the league for now. Best player from here on out for a while and a champion now too!

[ZouldiersParticipant]

My predictions could’ve gone very badly but believing in the Knicks and Wemby have paid off. Officially a 4x Playoff Pickum Champ and 2x Seasons Prediction Champ

[OhCanada-Participant]

For whatever its worth I forgot to post my picks but I got every game perfect this year. So technically I won. I should at least get an honourable mention.

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