Playoff Preview: Predictions and Draft Recap
As Jim Mora said, “PLAYOFFS?!” We finally made it through 1,230 regular-season games and now the fun begins with no more rest. On top of what should be a ton of great games, fantasy keeps rolling in the postseason, especially in DFS. In case you missed it, we did a Western Conference and an Eastern Conference podcast previews for all 16 teams (click the conferences for the links).
Before we get to the fantasy draft, we made some predictions on the playoffs. Here are the predictions from some of the Rotoworld staff:
Mike Gallagher
First Round
Warriors (1) vs. Rockets (8): Warriors in 4
Spurs (2) vs. Grizzlies (7): Spurs in 4
Thunder (3) vs. Mavs (6): Thunder in 4
Clippers (4) vs. Blazers (5): Blazers in 6
Cavs(1) vs. Pistons (8): Cavs in 5
Raptors (2) vs. Pacers (7): Raptors in 5
Heat (3) vs. Hornets (6): Heat in 7
Hawks (4) vs. Celtics (5): Hawks in 7
Second Round
Warriors vs. Blazers: Warriors in 5
Spurs vs. Thunder: Spurs in 7
Cavs vs. Hawks: Cavs in 7
Raptors vs. Heat: Raptors in 5
Conference Finals
Warriors vs. Spurs: Warriors in 7
Cavs vs. Raptors: Raptors in 6
The Finals
Warriors vs. Raptors: Warriors in 4
Steve Alexander
First Round
Warriors (1) vs. Rockets (8): Warriors in 5
Spurs (2) vs. Grizzlies (7): Spurs in 4
Thunder (3) vs. Mavs (6): Thunder in 4
Clippers (4) vs. Blazers (5): Clippers in 7
Cavs (1) vs. Pistons (8): Cavs in 4
Raptors (2) vs. Pacers (7): Pacers in 7
Heat (3) vs. Hornets (6): Heat in 6
Hawks (4) vs. Celtics (5): Hawks in 7
Warriors vs. Clippers: Warriors in 5
Spurs vs. Thunder: Thunder in 7
Cavs vs. Hawks: Cavs in 6
Pacers vs. Heat: Heat in 7
Conference Finals
Warriors vs. Thunder: Warriors in 6
Cavs vs. Heat: Cavs in 6
The Finals
Warriors vs. Cavs: Warriors in 6
Ryan Knaus
First round East:
Cavs over Pistons 4-0
Hawks over Celtics 4-3
Raptors over Pacers 4-1
Heat over Hornets 4-2
First round West:
Warriors over Rockets 4-0
Clippers over Blazers 4-3
Spurs over Grizzlies 4-0
Thunder over Mavericks 4-1
Second round East:
Cavs over Hawks 4-2
Raptors over Heat 4-1
Second round West:
Warriors over Clippers 4-1
Spurs over Thunder 4-2
East Conf. Finals:
Cavs over Raptors 4-3
West Conf. Finals:
Warriors over Spurs 4-3
Finals:
Warriors over Cavs 4-1
Ethan Norof
Warriors (1) vs. Rockets (8): Warriors in 5
Spurs (2) vs. Grizzlies (7): Spurs in 4
Thunder (3) vs. Mavs (6): Thunder in 4
Clippers (4) vs. Blazers (5): Clippers in 6
Cavs(1) vs. Pistons (8): Cavs in 5
Raptors (2) vs. Pacers (7): Raptors in 5
Heat (3) vs. Hornets (6): Heat in 5
Hawks (4) vs. Celtics (5): Celtics in 6
Second Round
Warriors vs. Clippers: Warriors in 5
Spurs vs. Thunder: Spurs in 6
Cavs vs. Celtics: Cavs in 6
Raptors vs. Heat: Heat in 6
Conference Finals
Warriors vs. Spurs: Spurs in 7
Cavs vs. Raptors: Cavs in 7
The Finals
Spurs vs. Cavs: Spurs in 6
Jonas Nader
Spurs vs. Grizzlies- Spurs in 4
Thunder vs. Mavs- Thunder in 5
Clippers vs. Blazers- Blazers in 7
Cavs-Pistons- Cavs in four
Raptors-Pacers- Raptors in 5
Heat-Hornets- Heat in 7
Hawks-Celtics- Celtics in 7
Warriors vs. Blazers- Warriors in 5
Thunder vs. Spurs- Thunder in 7
Cavs vs. Boston- Cavs in 6
Heat vs. Raptors- Raptors in 6
Warriors vs. Thunder- Warriors in 5
Cavs vs. Raptors- Cavs in 7
Warriors vs. Cavs- Warriors in 6
Finals MVP- Varejao ha, Curry for sure
Jared Johnson
Spurs / Grizzlies — Spurs in 4
Thunder / Mavs — Thunder in 6
Clippers / Blazers — Clippers in 6
Cavs / Pistons — Cavs in 5
Raptors / Pacers — Raptors in 6
Heat / Hornets — Heat in 5
Hawks / Celtics — Celtics in 6
Warriors / Clippers — Dubs in 5
Thunder / Spurs — Spurs in 6
Cavs / Celtics — Cavs in 4
Raptors / Heat — Raptors in 7
Warriors / Spurs — Dubs in 7
Cavs / Raptors — Cavs in 6
Warriors / Cavs — Dubs in 6
