2014 NBA Playoff Predictions
By Jason McIntyre
The NBA playoffs begin Saturday with the highlight being the Warriors and Clippers at 3:30 on ABC. Sunday is the big splash: The Spurs at 1, LeBon at 3:30, and pace yourself, because Portland-Houston at 9:30 will be tremendous. Here are our sure-to-be-wrong picks. If you’re wondering how we did last year … go laugh right here.
Jason McIntyre
1st round
East: Heat in 5, Pacers in 5, Wizards in 6, Nets in 6
West: Clippers in 6, Rockets in 6, Thunder in 6, Spurs in 4
2nd round
East: Heat in 5, Pacers in 7
West: Rockets in 6, Clippers in 6
Conference Finals:
Heat in 6
Rockets in 7
NBA Finals:
Heat in 7
NBA Finals MVP: LeBron
Michael Shamburger
1st Round
East: Pacers in 5, Heat in 4, Bulls in 6, Nets in 6
West: Spurs in 6, Thunder in 5, Clippers in 5, Rockets in 6
2nd Round
East: Pacers in 7, Heat in 6
West: Spurs in 6, Clippers in 7
Conference Finals
Heat in 6
Spurs in 5
Finals
Heat in 6
MVP: LeBron James
Jason Lisk
1st round
East: Pacers in 5, Heat in 5, Wizards in 6, Raptors in 7
West: Spurs in 5, Thunder in 7, Clippers in 6, Rockets in 6
2nd round
East: Pacers in 7, Heat in 5
West: Spurs in 6, Clippers in 6
Conference Finals:
Heat in 6
Clippers in 6
NBA Finals:
Clippers in 6
NBA Finals MVP: Chris Paul
Ty Duffy
1st round
East: Pacers in 6, Heat in 4, Bulls in 6, Nets in 7
West: Spurs in 6, Thunder in 5, Clippers in 5, Rockets in 6
2nd round
East: Pacers in 7, Heat in 6
West: Spurs in 7, Thunder in 7
Conference Finals:
Heat in 7
Thunder in 6
NBA Finals:
Thunder in 6
NBA Finals MVP: Kevin Durant
Ryan Glasspiegel
1st round
East: Pacers in 5, Bulls in 6, Nets in 7, Heat in 4
West: Spurs in 5, Rockets in 7, Clippers in 6, Thunder in 6
2nd round
East: Bulls in 7, Heat in 5
West: Spurs in 6, Thunder in 6
Conference Finals
East: Heat in 5
West: Spurs in 7
NBA Finals:
Spurs in 7
NBA Finals MVP: Tony Parker
Stephen Douglas
1st Round
East: Pacers in 6, Heat in 5, Bulls in 7, Nets in 6
West: Spurs in 5, Thunder in 7, Clippers in 6, Rockets in 5
2nd Round
East: Bulls in 7, Heat in 6
West: Rockets in 7, Clippers in 7
Conference Finals
Heat in 5
Rockets in 6
Finals
Heat in 5
MVP: LeBron James
Timothy Ryan
1st Round
East: Atlanta, Charlotte, Toronto, Washington
West: Spurs, Thunder, Clippers, Rockets
2nd Round
East: Bobcats, Wizards
West: Spurs, Thunder
Conference Finals
Wizards over Bobcats
Spurs over Thunder
Finals
Spurs in 5
MVP: Sean Elliot