2015 NBA Playoffs

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East Match-ups

1) Atlanta Hawks vs. 8) Brooklyn Nets
2) Cleveland Cavaliers vs. 7) Boston Celtics
3) Chicago Bulls vs. 6) Milwaukee Bucks
4) Toronto Raptors vs. 5) Washington Wizards

West Match-ups

1) Golden State Warriors vs. 8) New Orleans Pelicans
2) Houston Rockets vs. 7) Dallas Mavericks
3) L.A. Clippers vs. 6) San Antonio Spurs
4) Portland Trail-Blazers vs. 5) Memphis Grizzlies


Tip Off times for this weekend:

Saturday, April 18

5.30 p.m (12.30 p.m EST) - Wizards@Raptors
8.30 p.m (3.30 p.m EST) - Pelicans@Warriors
Midnight (7 p.m EST) - Bucks@Bulls
2.30 a.m (9.30 EST) - Mavs@Rockets

Sunday, April 19

8 p.m (3 p.m EST) - Celtics@Cavs
10.30 p.m (5.30 p.m EST) - Nets@Hawks
1 a.m (8 p.m EST) - Trail-Blazers@Grizz
3.30 a.m (10.30 p.m EST) - Spurs@Clippers

killwill

In the East I would expect Atlanta, Cleveland, Chicago and Toronto to go through.
In the West I expect Golden State, Houston, San Antonio and Memphis.Although I would not be at all surprised to see Dallas beat Houston or Portland beat Memphis providing they sort out their injuries!

kevin700

D2D wrote: »

East Match-ups

1) Atlanta Hawks vs. 8) Brooklyn Nets
2) Cleveland Cavaliers vs. 7) Boston Celtics
3) Chicago Bulls vs. 6) Milwaukee Bucks
4) Toronto Raptors vs. 5) Washington Wizards

West Match-ups

1) Golden State Warriors vs. 8) New Orleans Pelicans
2) Houston Rockets vs. 7) Dallas Mavericks
3) L.A. Clippers vs. 6) San Antonio Spurs
4) Portland Trail-Blazers vs. 5) Memphis Grizzlies


Tip Off times for this weekend:

Saturday, April 18

5.30 p.m (12.30 p.m EST) - Wizards@Raptors
8.30 p.m (3.30 p.m EST) - Pelicans@Warriors
Midnight (7 p.m EST) - Bucks@Bulls
2.30 a.m (9.30 EST) - Mavs@Rockets

Sunday, April 19

8 p.m (3 p.m EST) - Celtics@Cavs
10.30 p.m (5.30 p.m EST) - Nets@Hawks
1 a.m (8 p.m EST) - Trail-Blazers@Grizz
3.30 a.m (10.30 p.m EST) - Spurs@Clippers

Thanks you for the information

me and the biz

Started a boards bracket on nbabracketology.com if anyone's interested. looking forward to the weekend now, few games on at evening irish times which is great too!

me and the biz

me and the biz wrote: »

Started a boards bracket on nbabracketology.com if anyone's interested. looking forward to the weekend now, few games on at evening irish times which is great too!

ya id give it a bash

NufcNavan

me and the biz wrote: »

Started a boards bracket on nbabracketology.com if anyone's interested. looking forward to the weekend now, few games on at evening irish times which is great too!

Great idea man. Just joined there.

Here is mine BTW:

GoldFour4

Great idea for the bracket, here's the link to the boards group for anyone trying to find it.Bracket competition

Looking forward to catching some of the games at a decent time this weekend. I've found the value of league pass has slumped in the last fortnight with a lot of the eliminated teams putting out very poor lineups in the home of securing a better draft pick. I'm looking forward to seeing much stronger lineups now!

rossie1977

that final regular season game with spurs losing changed everything. i could see them falling at the first fence this year

buyer95

rossie1977 wrote: »

that final regular season game with spurs losing changed everything. i could see them falling at the first fence this year

As John McEnroe would say " You cannot be serious!"

me and the biz

Playoff mind games have begun!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pp7IV1XDoFo

Masai responded to Pierce saying he's not worried about Toronto. Fantastic response that will get the city and team worked up. Said he doesn't have enough money to respond how he wants to, referencing the **** Brooklyn fine last year.

Also the original Pierce article is a good read

http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/12690080/washington-wizards-paul-pierce-speaks-truth

Pretty eye opening about Allen not turning up for team mates charity events but nearly expecting them to for his

Paully D

Have my bracket done, great idea by the way Biz!

1st round of the playoffs last year was absolutely epic. If this years even comes close we're in for a treat.

I have the Hawks (in 5), Raps (in 7), Cavs (in 5) and Bulls (in 6) going through in the East. Hawks to take the Raps in 6 games to progress to the Eastern final, while the Cavs win out in 7 against the Bulls in a slog. Cavs ultimately beat the Hawks 4-3 to reach the East final with LeBron taking over.

I have the Warriors (in 5), Grizzlies (in 7), Rockets (in 7) and Spurs (in 6) progressing in the West. Warriors take the Grizzlies in 5 and Spurs beat the Rockets in 6 to get the to the West final. Warriors win a classic 4-3.

Warriors in 6 over the Cavs in the final with the Golden State offense proving too much to handle.

Carcharodon

Just bought tickets for the warriors game on Saturday, cant freakin wait, the atmosphere is going to be incredible, added bonus of day drinking, woo woo

killwill

Just joined the bracket there.

2smiggy

just had a quick look online, am i right in thinking that BT/ESPN are only showing the two late saturday games this weekend ?

D2D

2smiggy wrote: »

just had a quick look online, am i right in thinking that BT/ESPN are only showing the two late saturday games this weekend ?

Yep, seems like the Bucks@Bulls & Mavs@Rockets games will be on BT on Saturday night. BT seem to be showing no games on Sunday

ec18

Mine

killwill

ec18 wrote: »

Mine

Someone loves Chicago!!!!

ec18

killwill wrote: »

Someone loves Chicago!!!!

maybe a lil,

2smiggy

:pac::pac::pac:

jesus the grizzlies are a gutsy call

scottmcb04

think golden state will do it, curry has been dropping 30 odd at a canter for the last 7-8 games... spurs are their only opposition in my mind!

bulls are a sleeper, ya just don't know what they're capable of(hope rose doesn't get injured just, be nice to have him back close to his best next year after a summer off)

wizards/raptors toughest to call...

me and the biz

Here's my bracket. In the East I'd love the Raptors to do well but they'll get past the Wizards I reckon but that will be it. Cavs will make the ECF's and if they get that far I doubt there's nothing stopping them in the East. Bulls will get injuries, I reckon.

In the West the Warriors have a bang of '06 Mavericks off them and '10 Heat. A fantastic regular season doesn't always translate and they could also be injury prone. David Lee, Curry and Bogut are all risks. The Spurs I think will glide through to the WCF's and through sheer experience and their added ruthless streak from last years finals will see them through to the finals where the Cavs lads will fall apart.

e3dit: Just saw I have the Spurs over the Mavs in 4. Don't know what I was thinking

D2D

Might be a bit biast....:pac:

I've 2 sweeps in Round 1 (Cavs/Celtics and Warriors/Pellys). I have the Cavs and the Hawks in the ECF with the Cavs taking it in 6. Out West, I genuinely can't see past the Warriors right now so I have them taking the Spurs in 7 in the WCF. Cavs/Warriors goes the full 7 with the Cavs coming out with the Championship! (I can dream...)


Oh yeah, League Pass are having a free weekend for the start of the Playoffs. Sign up tomorrow and get every Game 1 for free (make sure to cancel on Sunday)

Carcharodon

Cant do a bracket, too much conflict between the head and the heart. Should be a very entertaining month as always.

padraig_f

Carcharodon wrote: »

Cant do a bracket, too much conflict between the head and the heart. Should be a very entertaining month as always.

Ditto. I think the Cavs will probably beat the Bulls in round 2, but I don't want to be proven right about that.

For the first round though, I do think the Bulls will win in either 4 or 5 games.

Not sure I'm qualified to make accurate predictions for the rest of the draw anyway, 95% of the regular-season games I watch are Bulls games. Though during the playoffs I'll watch other games.

So looking forward to that, particularly the West, who I tend to see less of during the regular season.

Playoffs baby!

buyer95

I think the Hawks peaked too soon, and with Milsap struggling with injury, I can' see past LeBron and company in the East(apologies to all Bulls fans on here, but I think theres too much doubts around key players.

The West is harder to predict. The Warriors should have a clear passage to the western conference finals, I am in on them and am convinced they are the real deal. The Spurs Clippers series is fascinating, whichever way it goes one of the 3 best teams in the west will be going home. Only the Spurs and Clippers have looked like matching the Dubs over the past 2 months. I think the Spurs will come through this and have too much for Houston in the second round. The western conference finals is a toss up then for me. On form you have to pick the Warriors, they have been historically great all season. However, they have a lot of players who have never gone deep in the playoffs, a rookie(albeit outstanding) coach. Put that up against the consistent greatness of San Antonio, the championship experience of the team and the emergence of Kawhi Leonard as the teams best player and a top 10 player in the league(excluding players out injured), I'm going to tip the Spurs.

I would not be confident in that pick, and would not be in the least surprised to see the Warriors advance, but I'm convinced that would be a long series. Last year I was convinced the Spurs would win the Championship, and backed them heavily to do it, I'll be keeping my money in my pocked this time.

Whoever comes out of the West I believe will have too much for Cleveland, who I don't think have enough to win this year.

NufcNavan

I'd love to see the Grizz win it, but they're too banged up. Same goes for Portland. That's a match up where both teams are walking wounded.

**** it celtics are healthy banner 18 here we come

D2D

Tip Off in Air Canada Centre, Welcome to the 2015 NBA Playoffs!

me and the biz

Love playoff crowds!! Pulling for Toronto in this one really like this team. Surprisingly Psycho T is starting. Fairly low scoring so far

D2D

End of Q1, Raptors up 23-19

me and the biz

Pierce with the old man game, 9 points in a row now

me and the biz

Raptors have **** the bed. Both Wall and Beal shooting very poorly. Scrappy game overall. Crowd very quiet in second half. 7000 outside Air Canada watching on screens, Raptors need to go on a run soon to have any chance. Wizards D is stifling right now.

PizzamanIRL

^^

You got what you wanted. Lou Will heating up to bring them back within 1

me and the biz

That chap has no fear

Paully D

Hell of a finish here in Toronto. You just can't beat the playoffs for drama!

me and the biz

Great finish! Over time it is

scottmcb04

Great finish! Raptors 15 pints down early in the fourth, great comeback!

me and the biz

Pierce is proving the X factor here, Beals shooting is atrocious all game.

Itssoeasy

The raptors did well to get it to OT but not looking good in OT.

Soby

Pierce still slaying in the Playoffs. Not a high quality game, but a fun opener.

Can't wait for Davies playoff debut now.

me and the biz

Crowd fantastic in Oakland. Seems business as usual fo Curry and the lads.

D2D

Raptors are now 0-7 in a Game 1 in the Playoffs....

D2D

Steph Curry doing Steph Curry things!! Warriors up 18 at the half

me and the biz

Pellies got taught a lesson Here. Wardell living up to the MVP chants

PizzamanIRL

Might be too little too late for the Pelicans here but at least they're showing they can compete with them.

D2D

Warriors 106 Pelicans 99 - Great fight by Nawlins to come back from 25 to get into the game and show they're gonna be a challenge. Warriors very poor from the FT line. AD puts up 35 in his 1st playoff game, Splash Bros get 55 (Steph - 34, Klay - 21)

SlimJ

Hey y'all.
My name's Jim; myself and another comedian named Ronan have an NBA podcast. Check us out if you want; here's the first episode.

Follow us on twitter

limerickfc

Good win for GS and Wiz last night ( only gettin to watch the bulls game now) Ino it was only game 1 but I think that could have been the Pels best shot at GS with curry goin 4/14 from 3 (still played well) and terrible team foul shooting

Paully D

Great night from D Rose last night which is very encouraging. 23 and 7, shooting almost 67% from inside the paint. I seen someone say this last night on Twitter and it's very accurate IMO - he should be put on a 3 point shooting limit more so than a minutes limit! Just make him attack the paint at any given opportunity.

GoldFour4

SlimJ wrote: »

Hey y'all.
My name's Jim; myself and another comedian named Ronan have an NBA podcast. Check us out if you want; here's the first episode.

Follow us on twitter

I would really appreciate it if you at least attempted to join the conversation on here about the league rather than making your first appearance to promote something external to the site and forum