Who Ya Got Winning It All in June 2025?

ConstableGeneva · Post #1 » by **ConstableGeneva** » Sat Apr 19, 2025 9:35 am

Fill in your bracket: https://picks.nba.com/bracket-challenge/.

Here's my (biased) bracket...

I really have OKC winning it all.

31to6 · Post #2 » by **31to6** » Sat Apr 19, 2025 3:02 pm

I did the exercise, but am not smart enough to share my results visually here. Picked Cs in 6 over OKC. GS over HOU, IND over MIL, and MIN over LAL are my only interesting upsets along the way.

In reality, I have OKC cruising to the Finals.
I give Boston a 60% chance of beating CLE and a coin flip against OKC in the Finals.
If I weren't a Celtics fan, I'd favor OKC in the Finals.
But that's now, and health often plays a big role. Let's hope it doesn't this spring. Which is to say: hope everyone stays healthy, and it's an epic playoffs, and Banner 19 is the end result LFGOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

Tyakack · Post #3 » by **Tyakack** » Sat Apr 19, 2025 5:40 pm

Gun to my head and I would pick OKC to win it all this year. They are basically what Denver was last year to me. I hope someone finds a way to knock them out before the finals. Not saying we can't beat them, but them losing before the finals COULD be the difference between us repeating or not.

London2Boston · Post #4 » by **London2Boston** » Sat Apr 19, 2025 6:20 pm

I had us over OKC in 7 for the finals. ECF vs Cavs going 7. Biased take with super drama though. Can also see an OKC win. My confidence will increase should another team out West make it.

31to6 · Post #5 » by **31to6** » Sat Apr 19, 2025 6:32 pm

Tyakack wrote:Gun to my head and I would pick OKC to win it all this year. They are basically what Denver was last year to me. I hope someone finds a way to knock them out before the finals. Not saying we can't beat them, but them losing before the finals COULD be the difference between us repeating or not.

Agreed in that I felt Cs vs Nuggets last year would be a toss up. Totally psyched when they fell. In retrospect, easy to believe that the Cs were clicking enough to beat anyone last June -- but you never know.

OKC with HCA is going to be as tough an opponent as you could want. If the Cs can do it we flip last year's "too easy" narrative* on its head!
(*never bought into this narrative -- the rest of the L just sucked compared to the Celtics last season, and this season they do not)

OnlyTheTruth · Post #6 » by **OnlyTheTruth** » Sat Apr 19, 2025 8:56 pm

OKC beating us in a 7 game series.....ya'll need your urine tested for PCP. They are not beating ****

King Of The 4th · Post #7 » by **King Of The 4th** » Sat Apr 19, 2025 9:12 pm

Zagged a bit in a couple of places, but the playoffs rarely go the exact way we expect anyway.

31to6 · Post #8 » by **31to6** » Sat Apr 19, 2025 9:39 pm

OnlyTheTruth wrote:OKC beating us in a 7 game series.....ya'll need your urine tested for PCP. They are not beating ****

sleep on them at your own peril

ConstableGeneva · Post #9 » by **ConstableGeneva** » Sat Apr 19, 2025 9:49 pm

King Of The 4th wrote:

Zagged a bit in a couple of places, but the playoffs rarely go the exact way we expect anyway.

I'm envious that your bracket is sponsored by Castrol oil while no one bothered to sponsor mine. GIves your picks more legitimacy.

Post #10 » by **shackles10** » Mon Apr 21, 2025 1:48 pm

ConstableGeneva wrote:
King Of The 4th wrote:

Zagged a bit in a couple of places, but the playoffs rarely go the exact way we expect anyway.

I'm envious that your bracket is sponsored by Castrol oil while no one bothered to sponsor mine. GIves your picks more legitimacy.

You're like Ernie's Neat-O stat of the night.

ConstableGeneva · Post #11 » by **ConstableGeneva** » Fri Apr 25, 2025 4:32 am

My bracket is looking good so far.

Larry_Russell · Post #12 » by **Larry_Russell** » Fri Apr 25, 2025 12:16 pm

Clippers over Denver
Houston over Warriors
Minny over Lakers
OKC over Memphis

Minny over Houston
Clippers over OKC

Clippers over Minny

Celtics over Clippers

Celtics over Milwaukee

Milwaukee over Cavs
Celtics over Knicks

Celtics over Orlando
Cavs over Miami
Milwaukee over Indiana
New York over Detroit

FlatearthZorro · Post #13 » by **FlatearthZorro** » Sat Apr 26, 2025 9:26 am

Celtics in 5 in anything barring health.

Kalela · Post #14 » by **Kalela** » Sun Apr 27, 2025 5:44 pm

OKC and the Cavs have been the two best teams this season. Unless major injuries occur, I don’t see any other team winning the title this year.

31to6 · Post #15 » by **31to6** » Fri May 2, 2025 4:21 pm

ConstableGeneva wrote:My bracket is looking good so far.

you and I both had the correct call for LAL/MIN

not even like that we got it right -- also that it was the morally/ethically/spiritually correct call;)

ConstableGeneva · Post #16 » by **ConstableGeneva** » Fri May 2, 2025 4:26 pm

31to6 wrote:
ConstableGeneva wrote:My bracket is looking good so far.

you and I both had the correct call for LAL/MIN

not even like that we got it right -- also that it was the morally/ethically/spiritually correct call;)

I now just need James Harden to go against his chokey/disappearing nature in game 7 to keep my bracket intact.