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NBA Play Off Challenge: Pick Em Brackets

Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2025 11:18 am
by Bensational
I figured that for some fun we can all submit our picks for the playoffs and see how we score. I'll do an average of everyone's picks here in this first post and we can track how that grades out, too.

Feel free to copy and paste this bracket and add your winner picks in. I'll put it in a spoiler box to save room whilst scrolling the page.

Spoiler:
PLAY-IN - EAST
ORL v ATL (7/8L)
CHI v MIA (9/10W)

RD 2
7/8L v 9/10W

PLAY-IN - WEST
GSW v MEM (7/8L)
SAC v DAL (9/10W)

RD 2
7/8L v 9/10W

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ROUND 1 - EAST
CLE v (7/8/9/10W)
BOS v (7/8W)
NYK v DET
IND v MIL

ROUND 1 - WEST
OKC v (7/8/9/10W)
HOU v (7/8W)
LAK v MIN
DEN v LAC

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ROUND 2 - EAST
(CLE v (7/8/9/10W)) v (IND v MIL)
(BOS v (7/8W)) v (NYK v DET)

ROUND 2 - WEST
OKC v (7/8/9/10W) v (DEN v LAC)
(HOU v (7/8W)) v LAK v MIN

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ROUND 3 - EAST Conference Finals
(CLE v (7/8/9/10W)) v (IND v MIL) v ((BOS v (7/8W)) v (NYK v DET))

ROUND 3 - WEST Conference Finals
(OKC v (7/8/9/10W) v (DEN v LAC) v ((HOU v (7/8W)) v LAK v MIN))

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NBA GRAND FINALS
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Re: NBA Play Off Challenge: Pick Em Brackets

Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2025 11:28 am
by Bensational
My picks.

Spoiler:
PLAY-IN - EAST
ORL
CHI

RD 2
CHI

PLAY-IN - WEST
GSW
DAL

RD 2
MEM

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ROUND 1 - EAST
CLE v CHI (Cleveland)
BOS v ORL (Orlando)
NYK v DET (New York)
IND v MIL (Indiana)

ROUND 1 - WEST
OKC v MEM (Oklahoma)
HOU v GSW (Golden State)
LAK v MIN (Minnesota)
DEN v LAC (Denver)

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ROUND 2 - EAST
CLE v IND (Cleveland)
ORL v NYK (New York)

ROUND 2 - WEST
OKC v DEN (Oklahoma)
GSW v MIN (Golden State)

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ROUND 3 - EAST Conference Finals
CLE v NYK (New York)

ROUND 3 - WEST Conference Finals
OKC v GSW (Oklahoma)

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NBA GRAND FINALS
OKC v NYK (Oklahoma)

Re: NBA Play Off Challenge: Pick Em Brackets

Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2025 11:57 am
by eyriq
PLAY-IN - EAST
ORL
MIA

RD 2
ATL

PLAY-IN - WEST
GSW
SAC

RD 2
MEM

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ROUND 1 - EAST
CLE v ATL (Cleveland)
BOS v ORL (Boston)
NYK v DET (New York)
IND v MIL (Milwaukee)

ROUND 1 - WEST
OKC v MEM (Oklahoma)
HOU v GSW (Golden State)
LAK v MIN (Lakers)
DEN v LAC (Denver)

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ROUND 2 - EAST
CLE v MIL (Milwaukee)
BOS v NYK (Boston)

ROUND 2 - WEST
OKC v DEN (Denver)
GSW v LAL (Golden State)

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ROUND 3 - EAST Conference Finals
MIL v BOS (Boston)

ROUND 3 - WEST Conference Finals
DEN v GSW (Golden State)

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NBA GRAND FINALS
GSW v BOS (Boston)

Re: NBA Play Off Challenge: Pick Em Brackets

Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2025 2:12 pm
by HighPack
My hot take:

PLAY-IN - EAST
ORL
MIA

RD 2
MIA

PLAY-IN - WEST
MEM
SAC

RD 2
GSW

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ROUND 1 - EAST
CLE v MIA (Cleveland)
BOS v ORL (Boston)
NYK v DET (New York)
IND v MIL (Milwaukee)

ROUND 1 - WEST
OKC v GSW (Oklahoma)
HOU v MEM (Memphis)
LAK v MIN (Lakers)
DEN v LAC (Clippers)

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ROUND 2 - EAST
CLE v MIL (Milwaukee)
BOS v NYK (Boston)

ROUND 2 - WEST
OKC v LAC (Clippers)
MEM v LAL (Lakers)

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ROUND 3 - EAST Conference Finals
MIL v BOS (Boston)

ROUND 3 - WEST Conference Finals
LAC v LAL (Clippers)

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NBA GRAND FINALS
LAC v BOS (Clippers)

Re: NBA Play Off Challenge: Pick Em Brackets

Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2025 9:37 pm
by rcklsscognition
PLAY-IN - EAST
ORL v ATL (7/8L) (Orlando)
CHI v MIA (9/10W) (Chicago)

RD 2
7/8L v 9/10W
Atlanta v Chicago (Chicago)

PLAY-IN - WEST
GSW v MEM (7/8L) (Warriors)
SAC v DAL (9/10W) (Dallas)

RD 2
7/8L v 9/10W
Memphis v Dallas (Memphis)

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ROUND 1 - EAST
CLE v CHI (CLE)
BOS v ORL (ORL)
NYK v DET (NYK)
IND v MIL (MIL)

ROUND 1 - WEST
OKC v MEM (OKC)
HOU v GSW (GSW)
LAK v MIN (LAK)
DEN v LAC (LAC)

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ROUND 2 - EAST
CLE v MIL (CLE)
ORL v NYK (ORL)

ROUND 2 - WEST
OKC v LAC (OKC)
GSW v LAK (LAK)

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ROUND 3 - EAST Conference Finals
CLE v ORL (ORL)

ROUND 3 - WEST Conference Finals
OKC v LAK (LAK)

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NBA GRAND FINALS
LAK v ORL (LAK)

Re: NBA Play Off Challenge: Pick Em Brackets

Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2025 7:31 am
by pepe1991
is there some virtual app to fill it? Would be easier, faster and look better

Re: NBA Play Off Challenge: Pick Em Brackets

Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2025 8:18 am
by drsd
I don't understand the rules, but me picking the Magic as NBA champions this year is the obvious outcome of my "ballot".

And against OKC, as Silver's head would explode on the "ratings" for that match-up.

It's always fun watching the super-rich cry because they "lost" 100M and now only have 2B.

Re: NBA Play Off Challenge: Pick Em Brackets

Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2025 5:14 pm
by UCFJayBird
PLAY-IN - EAST
ORL v ATL (7/8L) - ORL
CHI v MIA (9/10W) - MIA

RD 2
7/8L v 9/10W - ATL over MIA

PLAY-IN - WEST
GSW v MEM (7/8L) - GSW
SAC v DAL (9/10W) - SAC

RD 2
7/8L v 9/10W - MEM over DAL

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ROUND 1 - EAST
CLE v ORL - CLE in 6
BOS v ATL - BOS in 4
NYK v DET - NYK in 7
IND v MIL - MIL in 6

ROUND 1 - WEST
OKC v GSW - OKC in 5
HOU v MEM - HOU in 5
LAK v MIN - LAK in 5
DEN v LAC - DEN in 7

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ROUND 2 - EAST
CLE v MIL - CLE in 5
BOS v NYK - BOS in 5

ROUND 2 - WEST
OKC v DEN - OKC in 7
HOU v LAK - LAK in 6

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ROUND 3 - EAST Conference Finals
CLE vs BOS - BOS in 6

ROUND 3 - WEST Conference Finals
OKC vs LAK - OKC in 7
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NBA GRAND FINALS
BOS vs OKC - OKC in 6

Re: NBA Play Off Challenge: Pick Em Brackets

Posted: Sat Apr 19, 2025 2:09 am
by eyriq
I've whiffed on Atlanta beating Miami and Sacramento beating Dallas

Re: NBA Play Off Challenge: Pick Em Brackets

Posted: Sat Apr 19, 2025 2:20 am
by Bensational
UCF Jaybird is the only one on track to pick the full play-in round. The rest of us are gonna have distorted brackets from here out, haha.

Re: NBA Play Off Challenge: Pick Em Brackets

Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2025 6:30 pm
by eyriq
Bucks are ending my bracket