NBA Playoff Predictions...

Cannon Shell · #1 04-20-2013, 02:45 PM

OKC over Houston in 5- Houston will steal a game by making an obscene number of 3 pointers but OKC is far too strong for the Rockets defense to deal with.

SA over the Lakers in 7- SA is banged up, Nash is hurting, Kobe is out. How are the Lakers going to score? Is Tracy McGrady really gonna play? If Dwight Howard ever wants to start to rebuild his reputation this would be a good place to start. But in the end Popovich will piece something together and pull this out.

Denver over Golden State in 6- This could be a wild series. Golden State will likely play some zone to slowdown Denver who is w/o Galanari who was their primary perimeter threat. If Denver's big men can control the boards it will be hard for GS to win 4 games. Bogut might be the key here but who can depend on him? I think GS will be tougher than everyone thinks they will be especially if Curry can have one of those games where he makes impossible shots.

LA Clippers over Memphis in 7- Probably the closest matched series. Del Negro will blow at least one game but Chris Paul is a big X factor that Memphis doesn't really have a match for.

2nd Round
OKC over LA Clips in 6- If the Clippers can get the OKC frontcourt in foul trouble they will win games. If they don't they won't. Still can't figure out what Brooks sees in Fisher who is so far beyond toast its scary but he is still better than Vinny.

Denver over SA in 5- I expect Denver to run the Spurs into the ground. It is too bad Galanari is hurt because I do believe they could give OKC a run.

OKC over Denver in 6- OKC is just more talented and the extra time in between games means that Durant and Westbrook can play virtually all of the game provided they arent in foul trouble.

Clip-Clop · #2 04-20-2013, 03:02 PM

As important as Gall can be, what fournier, brewer and chandler can do is really something. They are a lot of fouls and endless energy on D. I have questioned this team fairly recently but they are the real deal. Got my tix for Tuesday night and round two. Go Nuggets!

RockHardTen1985 · #3 04-20-2013, 07:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

OKC over Houston in 5- Houston will steal a game by making an obscene number of 3 pointers but OKC is far too strong for the Rockets defense to deal with.

SA over the Lakers in 7- SA is banged up, Nash is hurting, Kobe is out. How are the Lakers going to score? Is Tracy McGrady really gonna play? If Dwight Howard ever wants to start to rebuild his reputation this would be a good place to start. But in the end Popovich will piece something together and pull this out.

Denver over Golden State in 6- This could be a wild series. Golden State will likely play some zone to slowdown Denver who is w/o Galanari who was their primary perimeter threat. If Denver's big men can control the boards it will be hard for GS to win 4 games. Bogut might be the key here but who can depend on him? I think GS will be tougher than everyone thinks they will be especially if Curry can have one of those games where he makes impossible shots.

LA Clippers over Memphis in 7- Probably the closest matched series. Del Negro will blow at least one game but Chris Paul is a big X factor that Memphis doesn't really have a match for.

2nd Round
OKC over LA Clips in 6- If the Clippers can get the OKC frontcourt in foul trouble they will win games. If they don't they won't. Still can't figure out what Brooks sees in Fisher who is so far beyond toast its scary but he is still better than Vinny.

Denver over SA in 5- I expect Denver to run the Spurs into the ground. It is too bad Galanari is hurt because I do believe they could give OKC a run.

OKC over Denver in 6- OKC is just more talented and the extra time in between games means that Durant and Westbrook can play virtually all of the game provided they arent in foul trouble.

GS right in this. Big game Steph Curry.

RockHardTen1985 · #4 04-20-2013, 07:09 PM

Brutal loss.

Cannon Shell · #5 04-21-2013, 01:37 PM

Lee is out for the playoffs. They will still win a game at home but doubt GS does more than that.

Memphis looked flat.
The Bulls are in trouble.
The Knicks just wore Boston down. The Celtics offensive rebounding is non-existent.

RockHardTen1985 · #6 04-21-2013, 01:55 PM

I don't pick GS knowing Lee is out. They will still be competitive.

Clip-Clop · #7 04-22-2013, 09:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

Lee is out for the playoffs. They will still win a game at home but doubt GS does more than that.

Memphis looked flat.
The Bulls are in trouble.
The Knicks just wore Boston down. The Celtics offensive rebounding is non-existent.

That looked really painful.

RockHardTen1985 · #8 04-27-2013, 05:29 AM

Ill say it again. Its a total shame David Lee got hurt. GSU is likely going to beat Denver anyway. They could have actually went to the finals. With the Westbrook injury, everything is off.

Clip-Clop · #9 04-29-2013, 09:24 AM

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Ill say it again. Its a total shame David Lee got hurt. GSU is likely going to beat Denver anyway. They could have actually went to the finals. With the Westbrook injury, everything is off.

If they continue to shoot like this, no one can beat them.

Cannon Shell · #10 05-03-2013, 11:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

OKC over Houston in 5- Houston will steal a game by making an obscene number of 3 pointers but OKC is far too strong for the Rockets defense to deal with.

SA over the Lakers in 7- SA is banged up, Nash is hurting, Kobe is out. How are the Lakers going to score? Is Tracy McGrady really gonna play? If Dwight Howard ever wants to start to rebuild his reputation this would be a good place to start. But in the end Popovich will piece something together and pull this out.

Denver over Golden State in 6- This could be a wild series. Golden State will likely play some zone to slowdown Denver who is w/o Galanari who was their primary perimeter threat. If Denver's big men can control the boards it will be hard for GS to win 4 games. Bogut might be the key here but who can depend on him? I think GS will be tougher than everyone thinks they will be especially if Curry can have one of those games where he makes impossible shots.

LA Clippers over Memphis in 7- Probably the closest matched series. Del Negro will blow at least one game but Chris Paul is a big X factor that Memphis doesn't really have a match for.

2nd Round
OKC over LA Clips in 6- If the Clippers can get the OKC frontcourt in foul trouble they will win games. If they don't they won't. Still can't figure out what Brooks sees in Fisher who is so far beyond toast its scary but he is still better than Vinny.

Denver over SA in 5- I expect Denver to run the Spurs into the ground. It is too bad Galanari is hurt because I do believe they could give OKC a run.

OKC over Denver in 6- OKC is just more talented and the extra time in between games means that Durant and Westbrook can play virtually all of the game provided they arent in foul trouble.

Obviously the Westbrook injury changes a lot.
I gave the Lakers way too much credit and SA didn't look nearly as banged up as they supposedly were.

In the GS/Den series I bought into to Den a little too much w/o Galinari. Bogut needs to play like he did in their last game if they hope to advance which IMO is doubtful. SA will devise a far better scheme to deal with Curry and they will deal with the GS crowd a whole lot better than the Nuggets did. SA in 5

I can't believe that I underestimated the power of Vinny Del Negro to not make a single adjustment in a 7 game series. They need a coaching change or they will never be more than what they are.

I think OKC is fatally flawed w/o Westbrook and has no chance against Memphis. Memphis shooting is still shaky and they will probably blow a game but IMO they will win in 5 maybe 6 if Durant goes crazy.

cmorioles · #11 05-05-2013, 03:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

I think OKC is fatally flawed w/o Westbrook and has no chance against Memphis. Memphis shooting is still shaky and they will probably blow a game but IMO they will win in 5 maybe 6 if Durant goes crazy.

Good call.