Western Playoff Picture.

[Suns_Fever]

What is your western playoff picture?

Here is mine...

1. La Lakers
2. San Antonio
3. New Orleans
4. Utah
5. Phoenix
6. Dallas
7. Denver
8. Golden State


FIRST ROUND:

1. La Lakers vs. 8 Golden State( Lakers in 6)
2. San Antonio vs 7. Denver (San Antonio in 6)
3. NEW Orleans vs 6. Dallas( Dallas in 7)
4. Utah vs 5. Phoenix( Phx in 7)


Second Round:

La Lakers vs Phoenix( Lakers in 6)

San Antonio vs Dallas( San Antonio in 6)

third round:


La Lakers vs San Antonio( San Antonio in 6)

[RoxFan08]

Call me a homer, but I think Houston will hold onto a playoff spot. Denver has one of the toughest remaining schedules of any team, and they are already 3 games behind us.

[Suns_Fever]

Call me a homer, but I think Houston will hold onto a playoff spot. Denver has one of the toughest remaining schedules of any team, and they are already 3 games behind us.

Only time will tell bro

[Captain_Obvious]

1. San Antonio
2. La Lakers
3. Phoenix
4. Utah
5. New Orleans
6. Dallas
7. Houston
8. Golden State


FIRST ROUND:

1. San Antonio vs. 8 Golden State (San Antonio in 5) No upset this time
2. La Lakers vs 7. Houston (La Lakers in 6) Without Yao...
3. Phoenix vs 6. Dallas (Dallas in 7) Ericka vs Shaq
4. Utah vs 5. New Orleans(New Orleans in 7) Classic Paul vs Williams


Second Round:

San Antonio vs New Orleans (San Antonio in 6) Experience wins

Dallas vs La Lakers (Lakers in 6) Tough call for me


Third round:

La Lakers vs San Antonio (La Lakers in 7)

[Texas Longhorns]

How many threads like this have there been?

Anyways,

1. San Antonio
2. LA Lakers
3. Phoenix
4. Utah
5. New Orleans
6. Dallas
7. Houston
8. Golden State/Denver (I can't tell right now)

First Round
SA vs. Golden State/Denver - SA in 6
LA vs. Hou - LA in 6
PHX vs. Dal - Dal 7
UTH vs. NO - UTH 6

Second Round
SA vs. UTH - SA in 7
DAL vs. LA - LA in 6

WCF
LA vs. SA - SA in 7

[bjebaz]

Houston has had a very easy schedule the last month, and they lost Yao. With a pretty tough March, I think they'll go about .500 and Denver will be within 1 game either way by the end.

[RoxFan08]

Houston has had a very easy schedule the last month, and they lost Yao. With a pretty tough March, I think they'll go about .500 and Denver will be within 1 game either way by the end.

Houston has a tough March. Denver's remaining schedule is tougher still. '

I highly doubt Denver wins more games over the rest of the season than Houston. Not saying it can't happen, but even without Yao, Denver isn't SO much better than Houston that they can take their much tougher schedule and come out several games ahead, especially in light of their poor play recently.

Just for a quick sample:

In the next 5 games, Denver plays Houston, SA twice, Phoenix once, and Utah once.

And their end of the season schedule is a bear too.

[TonyMontana]

How many threads like this have there been?

Anyways,

1. San Antonio
2. LA Lakers
3. Phoenix
4. Utah
5. New Orleans
6. Dallas
7. Houston
8. Golden State/Denver (I can't tell right now)

First Round
SA vs. Golden State/Denver - SA in 6
LA vs. Hou - LA in 6
PHX vs. Dal - Dal 7
UTH vs. NO - UTH 6

Second Round
SA vs. UTH - SA in 7
DAL vs. LA - LA in 6

WCF
LA vs. SA - SA in 7

Your funny , you complain about the thread and then you take the time and post your picks ..... But funny ....

[Young_Star11]

If we (Houston) play the Lakers in the first-round, I don't think we could beat them twice. Honestly, something whack will have to happen (Pau's playoff virgin, Kobe injury etc)

[kandiking]

1. La Lakers
2. San Antonio
3. Phoenix
4. Utah
5. new orleans
6. Dallas
7. golden state
8. denver

round 1
LAL over DEN 4-2
SAS over GSW 4-1
DAL over PHO 4-3
utah over NOH 4-1

round 2
Utah over LAL 4-3
DAL over SAS 4-2

WCF
DAL over Utah 4-0

[Napoleon7]

Note: I do think the Top 6 Teams will finish within 2 games of each other - very close...........

1. Utah
2. San Antonio
3. Phoenix
4. LA Lakers
5. New Orleans
6. Dallas
7. Houston
8. Golden State


First Round:

1. Utah vs. 8. Golden State (Utah in 5)
2. San Antonio vs 7. Houston (San Antonio in 5)
3. Phoenix vs 6. Dallas (Phoenix in 6)
4. LA Lakers vs 5. New Orleans (LA Lakers in 7)

Second Round:

Utah vs LA Lakers (Utah in 6)
San Antonio vs Phoenix (Phoenix in 7)

Third round:

Utah vs Phoenix (Phoenix in 6)


FWIW
Finals:

Detroit vs Phoenix (Phoenix in 6)

[Rasheeed!!!]

^maybe it's just me, but Phx just hasn't looked like a championship team anytime during the past few weeks and I struggle to see them out of the 2nd rnd, if they make it that "far"

[Jordan45822]

1. Spurs
2. Lakers
3. Hornets
4. Jazz
5. Mavericks
6. Suns
7. Rockets
8. Warriors

[Napoleon7]

^maybe it's just me, but Phx just hasn't looked like a championship team anytime during the past few weeks and I struggle to see them out of the 2nd rnd, if they make it that "far"

I totally agree that they are struggling out of the gate with the Shaq trade, but I think they'll get it together for that play-off push.
This will be a one (win championship this year) and done situation for Phoenix.

[Texas Longhorns]

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Your funny , you complain about the thread and then you take the time and post your picks ..... But funny ....

I didn't complain. I was just pointing out that this has been posed numerous times. I went ahead and posted my picks because I never bothered to do it on the other ones.

[JES12]

My prediction: Teams that traded a big piece pf their team that are under 30 for an over the hill has been will lose in the 1st round...

1. Lakers
2. Spurs
3. Hornets
4. Jazz
5. Mavericks
6. Suns
7. Nuggets
8. Warriors

1-8 Lakers over Warriors
2-7 Nuggets over Spurs
3-6 Hornets over Suns
4-5 Jazz over Mavs

1-4 Lakers over Jazz
3-7 Nuggets over Hornets

1-7 Lakers over Hornets

Lakers lose in the Finals

[Duiz]

Utah can win playoff series against anyone easily but the San Antonio Spurs and the Los Angeles Lakers.

[Teddy KGB]

1. Lakers
2. Spurs
3. Hornets
4. Jazz
5. Mavericks
6. Suns
7. Nuggets
8. Warriors

First round:

LAL-GSW: LA in 5
SAS-DEN: SA in 7
NOH-PHX: NOH in 7
UTA-DAL: DAL in 6

Second round:

LAL-DAL: DAL in 7
SAS-NOH: SAS in 6

WCF:

DAL-SAS: DAL in 7

NBA Finals:

DAL-BOS: DAL in 7

[Storm Surge]

Denver, the same team that can't defend, gave up 135 pts to the bulls, blew a double-digit lead in the 4th to the Bucks, and barely beat the Clippers who had no Kaman or Cassell somehow moves up 2 spots into 7th?

AI is holding that team in the race, can he do it?

Denver's remaining Games
12 games vs. teams higher than them in the West
4 games vs. East Playoff teams
that leaves 8 easy win games

Houston schedule
11 games vs. west playoff teams including Denver
1 game vs. Boston
12 easy win games vs. cupcake teams

[KobeFarmarEra]

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I totally agree that they are struggling out of the gate with the Shaq trade, but I think they'll get it together for that play-off push.
This will be a one (win championship this year) and done situation for Phoenix.

Phoenix needs to make the playoffs before they even start thinking about the word "championship"