The 2005 NBA play-offs started yesterday. 16 teams are playing for one thing, "The shiny gold thingy". The match-ups are as follow:

EASTERN CONFERENCE

[1] Miami Heat VS. [8] New Jersey Nets

[2] Detroit Pistons VS. [7] Philadelphia 76ers

[3] Boston Celtics VS. [6] Indiana Pacers

[4] Chicago Bulls VS. [5] Washington Wizards

WESTERN CONFERENCE

[1] Phoenix Suns VS. [8] Memphis Grizzlies

[2] San Antonio Spurs VS. [7] Denver Nuggets

[3] Seattle SuperSonics VS. [6] Sacramento Kings

[4] Dallas Mavericks VS. [5] Houston Rockets

*BOLD - My pick to take the NBA Championship


What are your picks?

Chicago won bitches! 1-0

heat will win the whole damn thing

EASTERN CONFERENCE

[1] Miami Heat VS. [8] New Jersey Nets

[2] Detroit Pistons VS. [7] Philadelphia 76ers

[3] Boston Celtics VS. [6] Indiana Pacers

[4] Chicago Bulls VS. [5] Washington Wizards

WESTERN CONFERENCE

[1] Phoenix Suns VS. [8] Memphis Grizzlies

[2] San Antonio Spurs VS. [7] Denver Nuggets

[3] Seattle SuperSonics VS. [6] Sacramento Kings

[4] Dallas Mavericks VS. [5] Houston Rockets


go bucks!

Western Conference
1)Spurs
2)Suns
3)Rockets

Eastern Conference
1)Nets
2)76ers
3)Heat

Finals
Spurs

im celtics all the way!!!!!!!!!!
EASTERN CONFERENCE

[1] Miami Heat VS. [8] New Jersey Nets

[2] Detroit Pistons VS. [7] Philadelphia 76ers

[3] Boston Celtics VS. [6] Indiana Pacers

[4] Chicago Bulls VS. [5] Washington Wizards

WESTERN CONFERENCE

[1] Phoenix Suns VS. [8] Memphis Grizzlies

[2] San Antonio Spurs VS. [7] Denver Nuggets

[3] Seattle SuperSonics VS. [6] Sacramento Kings

[4] Dallas Mavericks VS. [5] Houston Rockets

Pistons going all the way!!!!

Haha, go Nuggets! They are my home team
I am also rooting for Miami to take it all.

im placing ma bets on the phoenix, nash is da man.

Chicago won bitches!! [Again] 2-0

aw..the nuggets lost
but we'll get them spurs back!

stickin with my naptown pacers!!!!

rik you f**king loser
suns are going all the way and you know it

No! Chicago lost... 2-1

damn philly lost today. now they down 3-1 to pistons..

F[u]ck! They lost again! But what a come-back. From 28 points to 7. Anyways, series tied: 2-2

Face it, the bulls have no chance of winning this year!! Either the Rockets or the Suns are gonna take it this year!

The East coast may have some heat(haha get it?! xD) but we got the rising Suns ready to Rocket to victory! [Man, that was lame]

Heat swept New Jersey thats embarrasing and thats pretty good.... but the Suns did the same thing to a team better then the team that snuck into the playoffs... the Grizzlies

^^^^ Yeah well.... Im keeping my hopes high.

^^Sorry to dissappoint you but... your hopes are just gonna end up crashing back down to earth... sorry buddy

ahhhh..Nuggets lost again in OT
dang it! I still have faith though!!!

Lol, let a guy dream.
Anyways, Philly LOST! Man, I feel bad for Allen Iverson...

i call dallas...

the sleeper team that would win it all...

you'll see

F[u]CK! They lost AGAIN! 3 losses in a roll. The Wizards dominated the game, but the Raging Bulls come back to tie the game with 5.3 secs. left after being down 20. But with 5.2 secs left, that was enough for Arenas to make the fade-away at the LAST second... Now the Bulls face elimination Friday at Washington 2-3

awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww...
damn it, the Nuggets lost.
Now who am I supposed to go for? I guess Miami?

It's Game 7 for Boston Celtics and Indiana Pacers.

^^Yeah, and the celtics won, pacers lost... I was going for the pacers damnit... now I wait here and watch the Rockets on their way back to dominate 'Allas (THEY GOT NO D'! xD)

And Game 7 for Houston Rockets and Dallas Mavericks.

Shit man... Rockets better take this one

I 100% agree with you Rik. I <3 Reggie Miller so the Pacers HAVE to win..and I <3 Tracy McGrady so they HAVE to win as well.

F[U]CK! So the Bulls lost... I hope the Wizards get swept by the Heat!!!

Nets got eliminated..i guess i have to root for the suns..

C'mon, im on it... im all for the Suns or the Rockets this year... if not them the Spurs... but if none of them prevail... im rooting for anyone but the Heat

YOU HAVE TO BE EFFING KIDDING ME!!! THE ROCKETS ARE DOWN BY 36!!!!! NOOO!!


EDIT
NOTE- Those in bold are those who I predict will win

WEST
The Suns better sweep those sorry ass Mav's!!


Suns vs Mavericks
Spurs vs Supersonics

Prediction for Western Finals
Suns vs Spurs [Undecided]

EAST
Pacers vs Pistons [Defending Champs, took the title from the Lakers last year]
Heat vs Wizards [Sad to say... I think the Heat have this one]

Prediction for eastern finals
Pistons vs Heat [I dont think Shaq can take both Wallaces ]

NbA Playoff Finals
Pistons vs Suns//Spurs

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

40???? How could they lose by that much???
alright then..it's definitely Miami that I'm rooting for now..*sigh*

Awww man wtf!! I just typed up like 2 whole paragraphs on the Heat and Shaq and it all went away because of flood control!!

I'll just bring it down to one question... Teesa.... WHY THE HEAT?!

Whoa...Rockets lost? I was hopin' they'll win. And by 40 points.

Yeah, a 40 point blowout... Ming just wasn't playing his game and T-Mac was just burned out... they need a 3rd a primary scorer... T-Mac and Ming can't do it all...

WOOT!!!

MAVS KILLED THE ROCKETS!!!

ONE MORE CLOSER STEP TO THE NBA FINALS!!!

SUNS WATCH OUT!!!

you know what they say.."you rest too long your rusty"

Don't get too cocky, its Nowitski vs Nash on this one. The best PG in the league vs the Speedy Nazi. Not only that they got Amare, Marion, and Richardson... whoo but Mavs have Terry, Finley, Stackhouse, Dampier... alright... nvm what I said before... after looking at it... this is gonna be a tough game.

One thing for sure... Suns will come out on top!

Heat/Wizards = Heat [heat won this 1. trust me.]
Pistons/Pacers= Pistons

EAST FINALS = Heat vs Pistons = [wade, shaq, and zo will be unstoppable.]



Supersonics/Spurs = Spurs
Suns/Mavericks = Suns

WEST FINALS = Spurs vs Suns = Spurs.



NBA FINALS: Heat vs Spurs = Heat.

Heat won it this year. i'm 85% confident.

Rik, you don't like Miami? Well, I'm going for them--as well as the Pacers--because I really just like their team, including Shaq. Although I was not the biggest fan of him when he was on the Lakers.
Oh, and I'm definitely going for Phoenix--Steve Nash is going to be awesome--obviously, he's the best point guard =]

Yeah the Heat have this one, they may even sweep the wizards outta here... they already got the first win
Pistons... as much as I want the Pacers to take them out, Pistons got this one


Even though the Pistons are the still the same powerfull team they were last year, people are begining to sleep on them because they've lost the fire power they had last year that won them a championship. For instance Coach Brown has lost his desire to coach at the pro level, and players like Chauncey Billups aren't having the same type success as last year. Never the less the Pistons are still the team to beat, Rip has stepped up his game this season and the Pistons still have it in them.
The reining champs will beat the Heat... that I am confident of


Yeah, exactly what I was thinking...


See, this is where I don't know whats going to happen for sure... if Duncan is healthy, I might actually convert over to the Spurs. the Duncan/Ginobli/Parker combo was just unstoppable this year, and its been kicked up a knotch since the first playoff game, thats what might bring them to victory. Don't overlook the SUns though, their game has been shot up as well. Practically one of the most underated and underlooked players in the game is on the Suns... and that would be S. Marion. basically, you have to look out for the whole entire team on this one. The Nash/Amare combo is great... but if the D' is kept on them the whole time you can expect Marion and Richardson to just get in there and dominate the score board.
Thus... I still don't know... undecided


If it does come down to the Heat vs the Spurs... its basically an offensive run around. Defense I think will really not be a big part in these games... its basically the Duncan/Ginobli/Parker matched against the Shaq-to-Wade-and-Zo-comes-outta-nowhere combo. After looking at it though... I see one thing that could just bring the Spurs to victory... that would be #5... Robert Horry, the man that brought the Lakers to victory during their three-peat run. I mean think about it, everytime their in trouble... Horry's just there wide-open for the trey and boom... its done, games over... Horry is the real hero... yet, if they are unable to stop the Shaq-to-Wade-and-Zo-comes-outta-nowhere combo... the Heat might have this... nothing can be said yet...



Nope, Miami is just not my team... I explained it earlier but no flood control just has to be on and get rid of everything I typed up... plain and simple, Wade is no Kobe, Shaq is a selfish baby that cares for nothing but the glory... what does he try to do? He tries replacing Kobe by putting up the Shaq-Wade move. Its not gonna happen... it wont work... I just know it wont... it cant work...


EDIT


OH SHIT WHAT NOW SON!! Suns whooped on the Mavs! 25-point game!! Whoo!!

With a loss this big though were gonna be facing some very dangerous mavericks in the second game. The Suns still got it though

Bullshit! heat beat the spurs!! no way will that happen...

i still say HEAT will win it all

some of these playoff games are getting boring

Pacers all the way now...

Its nice to have high-hopes... but you gotta get real here...

^aww..I'm going for them too

like rik said, get real
it will take a miracle for the pacers to get a win off the pistons
o'neal and reggie, as great as they are im afraid to say they cant do it
besides this year the pistons is my pick
such a powerful team that everyone is sleeping on just because of the big baby we know as shaq.
he needs to get it checked and know that things arent always gonna go his way.
tried replacing the Kobe to Shaq with the Shaq-Flash move.
it will never happen
he whined and cried when he didnt make MvP this year
and hes gonna whine and cry when the pistons knock him out in the east conference finals

FINALS
Suns vs Pistons
Its gonna be one hell of a game

Man wtf!! Both the Suns and the Pistons lost last night... at least the Suns wasnt a blowout game like the Mavs suffered