2019 NBA PlayOffs - First Round

[shiunsai]

Which teams do you think will go for the 2nd Round?



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[alisafidel58]

For the East, ill be going with Celtics, Bucks, 76ers, and Raptors. For the West, ill be going with GS, Rockets, OKC, and Nuggets. But I'll be rooting for Rockets to win the western conference.

[Fredomago]

For the East, ill be going with Celtics, Bucks, 76ers, and Raptors. For the West, ill be going with GS, Rockets, OKC, and Nuggets. But I'll be rooting for Rockets to win the western conference.

I can agree with you choosing those teams which are really playing hard to proved their capabilities to advance to the next round, one thing that I really wanted to check out whether we will be able to see any disappointment from those 8 teams that mentioned against their respective opponents, we can't be sure as playoffs is different from the regular season.

[gabmen]

Seems like there's little chance of any 1st round upsets in the east here with the matchups of the top4. Bucks vs celtics and 76ers vs raptors would be a very interesting 2nd round!

[Peceli]

Milwaukee, Boston, Brooklyn and Toronto.
The Warriors, Houston, OKC and San Antonio.

[Harkorede]

For the first round my picks will be Raptors, Bucks, 76ers, and Celtics for the East, while for the West I'm going with Rockets, Nuggets, Blazers and Golden State Warriors.

[Haunebu]

East: Celtics(2nd favorite), Magic, 76ers and Raptors
West: Warriors(Favorite), Nuggets, Spurs and Clippers

I will be rooting for the Warriors all the freaking way. Curry will help them defend their title successfully once again in my opinion.

[Ipwich]

We do have an NBA discussion here https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1220979.0 but this one is for NBA playoffs only.
I will give my prediction, but you are gonna reward me if it's correct? 

Anyways, here is my prediction.

West: Warriors, Jazz, OKC and Spurs
East: Celtics, Bucks, 76ers and Raptors

[kenzawak]

In the West : GS, Houston, OKC and Denver.
In the East : Milwaukee, Boston, Philly and Toronto.

[Zadicar]

East: Celtics,Bucks,76ers & Raptor
West: GS (No doubt), Rockets,Thunder & Clippers.

Upcoming first round is somehow thrilling to watch.

[LogitechMouse]

There are new teams in this year's playoffs and I think these playoffs is harder to predict compare to the last one. Anyway, these are my predictions.

West:
Warriors in 4 games
Rockets in 6 games
Thunder in 5 games
Spurs in 7 games (If this happens, it will be an upset for the Nuggets who doesn't have any experience in playoffs and Spurs already have many experience already.)

East
Bucks in 4 games
Celtics in 6 games
Sixers in 6 games
Raptors in 5 games.

[Oilacris]

There are new teams in this year's playoffs and I think these playoffs is harder to predict compare to the last one. Anyway, these are my predictions.

West:
Warriors in 4 games
Rockets in 6 games
Thunder in 5 games
Spurs in 7 games (If this happens, it will be an upset for the Nuggets who doesn't have any experience in playoffs and Spurs already have many experience already.)

East
Bucks in 4 games
Celtics in 6 games
Sixers in 6 games
Raptors in 5 games.

I do have similar choices with this list.Its really hard to determine on whose gonna win and as you said there are new teams do able to
make through playoffs.We wont able to see sweep games on here for sure. Usually we will able to witness 4-6 games but lets see on what would happen.

[spadormie]

For the East:
5 games MIL
6 games BOS
4 games PHI
6 games TOR

For the West:
4 games GSW
7 games HOU
6 games OKC
4 games DEN

[Ailmand]

For the eastern conference my choices are: Boston Celtics, Milwaukee Bucks, Toronto Raptors and Philadelphia 76ers. As for the western conference :Golden states Warriors, San Antonio spurs, OKC thunders, and Huoston Rockets.

[Botnake]

We can have a game like this an a winner takes all, that would be fun.
If we can find some sponsor for the prize or if OP can be generous enough, we can call this a competition.

Here's my picks

East : Boston, Toronto, Sixers, Bucks
West : Warriors, OKC, Jazz, Spurs

[Bitinity]

We can have a game like this an a winner takes all, that would be fun.
If we can find some sponsor for the prize or if OP can be generous enough, we can call this a competition.

That's a good idea, it can be done without sponsors as well but obviously there should entry fee to be collected as the the prizepool. But we have to make sure how many people are willing to join, although there are many NBA lovers but it does not mean there will be enough participants unless it is sponsored game where participants join it for free.

[Malsetid]

For the East:
5 games MIL
6 games BOS
4 games PHI
6 games TOR

For the West:
4 games GSW
7 games HOU
6 games OKC
4 games DEN

Lol. 2 of the 3 sweeps you've listed here already had game 1 upsets. To be honest i didn't thik the lower half for both conferences would stand a chance against their counterparts. Brooklyn was a big surprise though i think this series can go down the wire. Ben simmons has been in the league for 2 seasons now and i still don't know why he hasn't developed an outside shot that would basically boost their chances against any team.

[Naida_BR]

Lillard made an amazing performance yesterday scoring 51 points in a game and he made Portland Trail Blazers qualify to the next round.
The next playoffs round is going to be amazing and great to see as the pairs that are going to play together are strong teams that can compete for regional finals ex Bucks-Celtics.

[Viscore]

Lillard made an amazing performance yesterday scoring 51 points in a game and he made Portland Trail Blazers qualify to the next round.
The next playoffs round is going to be amazing and great to see as the pairs that are going to play together are strong teams that can compete for regional finals ex Bucks-Celtics.

It was Lillards day, all shots are easy and he made a good record in the 3 points made this game.
They truly deserved the win, they work for it and like he said, they learn from their past experience and they improve now.

I noticed that Blazers always have better chance in the first round based on its history, hopefully this time they can win a semi series.

[MakeMoneyBtc]

Lillard made an amazing performance yesterday scoring 51 points in a game and he made Portland Trail Blazers qualify to the next round.
The next playoffs round is going to be amazing and great to see as the pairs that are going to play together are strong teams that can compete for regional finals ex Bucks-Celtics.

It was Lillards day, all shots are easy and he made a good record in the 3 points made this game.
They truly deserved the win, they work for it and like he said, they learn from their past experience and they improve now.

I noticed that Blazers always have better chance in the first round based on its history, hopefully this time they can win a semi series.

Blazers definitely played some great basketball but i think OKC gave them this game. The score was 105-95 for OKC with about 7-8 minutes remaining, time when they relaxed thinking the game is already done. Westbrook also missed the last shot of OKC after which Lillard closed the game with a long 3 point shot.