NBA 07/08: A Look at our Predictions
April 16, 2008 – 10:19 am | by bryanIf you're new here, and you're into sports and/or the Christian faith, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!
As you probably don’t recall, before this NBA Season started we paid 4 experts an exorbitant amount of money to offer their predictions for the season. Those 4 experts were myself, the Burnside Writers Collective’s Jon Adams, Chad Gibbs (of Two Majors fame), and my then 4-year old son, Parker.
Now that the playoff teams have been set, I thought this would be a good time to look back at our predictions to see who’s in the best shape.
Here’s your Playoff Teams, followed by our predictions:
The East: BOS, DET, ORL, CLE, WAS, TOR, PHI, ATL
Bryan - [6 of 8] CHI, DET, BOS, WAS, ORL, CLE, NJ, TOR
Jon - [5 of 8] CHI, TOR, BOS, CLE, WAS, MIA, DET, NJ
Chad - [3 of 8] BOS, DET, MIA, CHI, NJ, IND, CHA, ATL
Parker - [2 of 8] NJ, NYK, MIL, MIA, IND, DET, CHI, BOS
The West: LAL, NO, SA, UTA, HOU, PHX, DAL, DEN
Bryan - [7 of 8] HOU, SA, DAL, DEN, UTA, PHX, POR, N.O.
Jon - [7 of 8] SA, DAL, PHX, HOU, DEN, UTA, GS, LAL
Chad - [7 of 8] PHX, UTA, NO, DAL, DEN, LAC, HOU, SA
Parker - [4 of 8] POR, HOU, PHX, DEN, MEM, MIN, SA, SAC
I’ve got the edge right now with 13 of 16 playoff teams chosen correctly. Jon had 12, Chad had 10, and Parker only 6 of 16 correctly. He will be grounded for a week.
By the way, these were our Finals picks:
Bryan - Phoenix over Boston
Jon - Boston over Dallas
Chad - Phoenix over Boston
Parker - Chicago over Phoenix
I’d say Jon is in the best shape right now. If I had a redo, I’d probably take Boston over San Antonio in the Finals (or maybe Detroit over the Lakers). I do think the East will win, unless LeBron somehow gets the Cavs back to the Finals. (FYI…Boston went 25-5 against the “mighty” West this year.)
We’ll revisit this again when the NBA Finals are over. So…see you again in a few months.
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4 Responses to “NBA 07/08: A Look at our Predictions”
By Christian on Apr 16, 2008 | Reply
I like the East champ too (DETROIT) since it is possible that EVERY match-up in the West could go 7 games. Imagine a West Champ coming off of 18-21 games going against an East champ having played 16 or so. GO EAST!
By Matt Doan on Apr 17, 2008 | Reply
I can’t believe you are using your brillant blog to unfairly criticize the mighty WEST.
Disneyland tickets on me for the PFB Family
if an East team even wins a game in the finals….
Wait edit that (my wife just freaked out)
Disneyland ticker for you and your family if the Eastern Team wins the NBA finals.
By bryan on Apr 18, 2008 | Reply
I will take you up on that Doan…don’t tempt the fam with mickey mouse.