The Official 2008-09 NBA Playoffs - Past Rounds

[ProfessaPackMan]

Mods you can go ahead and lock and unsticky the old one.

Better off to go ahead and get a fresh thread started here now that the Playoff Matchups are set.

Bolded Teams Have Home Court Advantage First Round. Cavaliers have the Number 1 Overall Seed and have Homecourt throughout the Playoffs. Times and Dates to be added when available.

West
1. Lakers
8. Jazz

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Game 1 - Sun April 19 Utah at L.A. Lakers 3:00PM ABC Game 2 - Tue April 21 Utah at L.A. Lakers 10:30PM TNT Game 3 - Thu April 23 L.A. Lakers at Utah 10:30PM TNT Game 4 - Sat April 25 L.A. Lakers at Utah 9:00PM ESPN Game 5 * Mon April 27 Utah at L.A. Lakers TBD TBD Game 6 * Thu April 30 L.A. Lakers at Utah TBD TBD Game 7 * Sat May 2 Utah at L.A. Lakers TBD TNT

2. Nuggets
7. Hornets

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Game 1 - Sun April 19 New Orleans at Denver 10:30PM TNT Game 2 - Wed April 22 New Orleans at Denver 10:30PM TNT Game 3 - Sat April 25 Denver at New Orleans 1:00PM ESPN Game 4 - Mon April 27 Denver at New Orleans TBD TBD Game 5 * Wed April 29 New Orleans at Denver TBD TBD Game 6 * Fri May 1 Denver at New Orleans TBD TBD Game 7 * Sun May 3 New Orleans at Denver TBD TBD

3. Spurs
6. Mavericks

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Game 1 - Sat April 18 Dallas at San Antonio 8:00PM ESPN Game 2 - Mon April 20 Dallas at San Antonio 9:30PM TNT Game 3 - Thu April 23 San Antonio at Dallas 8:30PM NBATV Game 4 - Sat April 25 San Antonio at Dallas 4:00PM TNT Game 5 * Tue April 28 Dallas at San Antonio TBD TBD Game 6 * Fri May 1 San Antonio at Dallas TBD TBD Game 7 * Sun May 3 Dallas at San Antonio TBD TBD

4. Blazers
5. Rockets

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Game 1 - Sat April 18 Houston at Portland 10:30PM ESPN Game 2 - Tue April 21 Houston at Portland 10:00PM NBATV Game 3 - Fri April 24 Portland at Houston 9:30PM ESPN Game 4 - Sun April 26 Portland at Houston 9:00PM TNT Game 5 * Tue April 28 Houston at Portland TBD TBD Game 6 * Thu April 30 Portland at Houston TBD TBD Game 7 * Sat May 2 Houston at Portland TBD TNT

East
1. Cavaliers
8. Pistons

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Game 1 - Sat April 18 Detroit at Cleveland 3:00PM ABC Game 2 - Tue April 21 Detroit at Cleveland 8:00PM TNT Game 3 - Fri April 24 Cleveland at Detroit 7:00PM ESPN Game 4 - Sun April 26 Cleveland at Detroit 3:30PM ABC Game 5 * Wed April 29 Detroit at Cleveland TBD TBD Game 6 * Fri May 1 Cleveland at Detroit TBD TBD Game 7 * Sun May 3 Detroit at Cleveland TBD TBD

2. Celtics
7. Bulls

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Game 1 - Sat April 18 Chicago at Boston 12:30PM ESPN Game 2 - Mon April 20 Chicago at Boston 7:00PM TNT Game 3 - Thu April 23 Boston at Chicago 8:00PM TNT Game 4 - Sun April 26 Boston at Chicago 1:00PM ABC Game 5 * Tue April 28 Chicago at Boston TBD TBD Game 6 * Thu April 30 Boston at Chicago TBD TBD Game 7 * Sat May 2 Chicago at Boston TBD TNT

3. Magic
6. 76ers

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Game 1 - Sun April 19 Philadelphia at Orlando 5:30PM TNT Game 2 - Wed April 22 Philadelphia at Orlando 7:00PM NBATV Game 3 - Fri April 24 Orlando at Philadelphia 8:00PM ESPN2 Game 4 - Sun April 26 Orlando at Philadelphia 6:30PM TNT Game 5 * Tue April 28 Philadelphia at Orlando TBD TBD Game 6 * Thu April 30 Orlando at Philadelphia TBD TBD Game 7 * Sat May 2 Philadelphia at Orlando TBD TNT

4. Hawks
5. Heat

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Game 1 - Sun April 19 Miami at Atlanta 8:00PM TNT Game 2 - Wed April 22 Miami at Atlanta 8:00PM TNT Game 3 - Sat April 25 Atlanta at Miami 6:30PM TNT Game 4 - Mon April 27 Atlanta at Miami TBD TBD Game 5 * Wed April 29 Miami at Atlanta TBD TBD Game 6 * Fri May 1 Atlanta at Miami TBD TBD Game 7 * Sun May 3 Miami at Atlanta TBD TBD

Playoff Prediction(Subject to change by Friday LOL)
Lakers-Jazz: Lakers in 5
Blazers-Rockets: Rockets in 6
Spurs-Mavs: Spurs in 7
Nuggets-Hornets: Nuggets in 7

Lakers-Hornets: Lakers in 6
Nuggets-Spurs: Nuggets in 7

Cavs-Pistons: Cavs in 4
Hawks-Heat: Hawks in 6
Magic-Sixers: Magic in 5
Celtics-Bulls: Celtics in 5

Cavs-Hawks: Cavs in 6
Celtics-Magic: Magic in 7

Lakers-Nuggets: Lakers in 5
Cavs-Magic: Cavs in 7

Cavs-Lakers: Cavs in 6

Finals MVP: Mo Williams(But since "they" won't allow that to happen)Lebron James.

Discuss Away.

[TheMatrix31]

Alrighty, I'll sticky this one....

[TheMatrix31]

Here's a little something for us to bide our time until Saturday...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENJZr...58A265&index=0

What an amazing game this was. Full game is up, Suns/Lakers Game 6 from 2006.

[Vince]

Mia-ATL will be fun, the rest of the East won't be worth watching in terms of 1st round games...

The West will be much more unpredictable.

[Vince]

Boston is ****ed...

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=4073024

[ProfessaPackMan]

What's wrong with Garnett?

[jmillhimes]

I wonder if Houston did themselves a favot last night by losing that game? They would have been matched up with Dallas in the first round and we all know Dallas and Utah are teams Houston can not get passed. The Mav's did the right thing in the second half by fronting Yao

[Kully]

True, that Houston has given the Blazers a fair bit of trouble though this year. Houston has to take advantage of the fact that the Blazers are practically all new to the playoffs and use their vets like Shane and Chucky Artest to give them the playoff edge. Houston has the speed at the wings to keep up with Roy and Outlaw/Fernandez.

The one big X factor for the Blazers will be Oden - if Oden can use his 6 fouls wisely on Yao lol. For real though, the refs tend to be more lenient in the playoffs when it comes to contact, so Oden has to show his worth playing Yao.