2007 NBA Playoffs Bracket Pool

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Oh Yeah !!!!

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Despite my memories of the Lakers and Wiz crashing last year and taking my hopes with them... Sure, I'm up for another embarrassing run.

How much?

I'm game.

How much?
Free to play, I have some prizes (books) already lined up.

I'm in.

Looking for the repeat! :)

I'd be honored to match my lack of skill here................:)

count me in

I'm in. And assuming MoT wins, we are all playing for :second:

Sure, I'll GUESS again.
OOps, I mean I'll use my infinite knowledge of basketball to pick the winners!!
Count me in.
GO PISTONS!!:cheerleader:

I'll do it.

I'm in. And assuming MoT wins, we are all playing for :second:

Let's not forget who correctly predicted that the Heat would beat the Mavs in the Finals before the playoffs even started...

Looking for the repeat! :)

I dont think so my friend. I will not finish #2 this year!

i want to be in the pool to go detroit

If I win can I get my Fantasy Football Champion banner? :stirthepot::pound:

OK, I'm in.

I may join in this could be very interesting.

If I win can I get my Fantasy Football Champion banner? :stirthepot::pound:

OK, I'm in.

Sorry. Roscoe's already promised it to me :pound:

(Although I don't know where I'll put it since it looks like I'll be getting another basketball banner after tomorrow). But you can always come and admire my banners whenever you wish! :lol:

Sorry. Roscoe's already promised it to me :pound:

(Although I don't know where I'll put it since it looks like I'll be getting another basketball banner after tomorrow). But you can always come and admire my banners whenever you wish! :lol:

I wouldn't laugh too hard Tater, there's no "rent a player" in this pool!

No dropping Detroit on their off night to get an extra team in. :gun1:

I wouldn't laugh too hard Tater, there's no "rent a player" in this pool!

No dropping Detroit on their off night to get an extra team in. :gun1:

LMAO.

Man, that hurts.

I'm crying. :hurt:

I think I'll go stare at my trophy case. That always cheers me up. :stirthepot::roll:

i'm in. i'll probably have a better chance since people can't add/drop 10 players a day for a week and a half straight just to barely squeeze out a Finals victory against a clearly superior opponent.

Me 12 (or whatever the number is up to so far).

i'm in. i'll probably have a better chance since people can't add/drop 10 players a day for a week and a half straight just to barely squeeze out a Finals victory against a clearly superior opponent.

6-3 is barely? :lame: I'm up 150 points, 70 boards and 70 assists!!!

Yeah yeah yeah. I thought about going at you with just the scrubs who replaced the guys I lost in the last couple weeks or so (Arenas, G. Wallace, Aldridge, and Gay to name a few), but then even my replacement scrubs went down to injury or received DNP's.

Anyhow, when I had my regular guys I beat you easily enough (6-3 to be precise) 3 weeks ago without rent a player. You gotta be resilient enough to make any needed adjustments to win the big prize in these leagues Wartie old boy. ;) Don't be a hater.:wink:

I think I'll go stare at my trophy case. That always cheers me up. :stirthepot::roll:

Touche!:pound:

number of games my players have played: 50
number of games your players have played: 65

number of adds/drops you've done in a week and a half: 16
number of adds/drops i've had all season: 20

number of players on my roster: 15
number of players it's taken you to beat me: 26

looking at the stats, i would've beaten every other team this week with my lineup. i had the best team all year with an overall record of 18-3. and i've kept my dignity and didn't turn the Finals into an Add/Drop contest.

so if you want that title so badly, it's yours. we know who the real champ is. :);)

Lol, I was looking at some of last year's bracket and most of us in this forum were way off as far as predicitions are concerned. I really hope we can make more accurate predictions this year and be objective as possible. Very hard when most of us in here are die-hard homers, lmao.:love:

looking at the stats, i would've beaten every other team this week with my lineup. i had the best team all year with an overall record of 18-3. and i've kept my dignity and didn't turn the Finals into an Add/Drop contest.

so if you want that title so badly, it's yours. we know who the real champ is. :);)

Yahoo will say it's Me.:winner_first_h4h:

What dignity? This is all pretend. It's about getting the biggest numbers any way you can within the rules. You chose to keep the marquee names. Me, I just want stats.

I have no regrets about dropping a star guy who helped me get to the ship, but who can help me no longer. It isn't like he cares or knows. If it were real life I'd manage my team differently.

Anyhow, I'm just teasing with you. It's not even over yet. You've got a tough bunch that played well all year, but I had to do whatever I could to try to beat you...as I do with everyone. :wink:

Ok, let me try my hand at this. :MusicBigGrin:

Count me in! Ill keep scores again if that makes it easier for everybody :MusicBigGrin:

I'm in.

This the list so far

lemonpen
dba
TaShawn
Darth Tater
webz
Motown Pride
Nemo
Maverick
Pistonchickforever
mikhail1973
BillLaimbeer
Dlev59
rip32
jammertime
explosivity
Warthog
Dumars4Ever
bricalz
majestik
#1Pistonfan

Count me in! Ill keep scores again if that makes it easier for everybody :MusicBigGrin:
That would be fantastic. Thanks!

I'm looking for lee356, LA Dre, The Low, lurker, 2XRalphi, aurora, max, Abe Froemen, HQ, linwood, bball jay, detteam, gazoo, winless, FP22, basketbills, bezeach and anyone else who regularly posts.

C'mon folks! The only catch is that you can't sign up your family members! One bracket per household!

By the way bro, I noticed something from last years rules/prizes post.

"* The Champion of the competition will receive a trophy icon for display on their posts and user profile."

Is it too late to collect that trophy icon?

Yes. It is too late. But you will be immortalized in our Forum HOF.

Due to the lack of upsets and permutations in general, we're probably going to need a tie breaker... or do we also pick the # of games won by each team in each series.

Yes. There is a tie-breaking system designed by BillLaimbeer.

I will post rules and downloadable brackets tomorrow. You will have until Saturday noon to complete them and post your bracket to the forum.

Yes. It is too late. But you will be immortalized in our Forum HOF.

Cool, probably best that trophy icons expire after a year anyway. Can't wait to see my name immortalized. :)

Motown isn't getting the respect he deserves and is going into this postseason with a definite chip on his virtual shoulder.

YO! Wait up & COUNT ME IN!!!:cheerleader:

Motown isn't getting the respect he deserves and is going into this postseason with a definite chip on his virtual shoulder.

Ha..Ha. That's right. Be very afraid! :)

I'm new to the Forum, but sounds like fun. count me in!:hoops:

I'm In...

UPDATE

Folks, I will be providing downloadable/printable brackets for you to scratch out your entries tomorrow. I will also be updating the Playoff Bracket Pool information and providing details on how to submit your entries.

Please watch this thread for further updates.

Also, please save your banter and questions until we can get this launched. I'm expecting another 10 or so contestants and I don't want to miss their acknowledgement of entry. Thanks! :D

yes count me in..

I haven't been around much this year, but I'm definitely in. :)

i'm in.

I'm in.

Hey count me in as well. How does it even work? Where do I send my guesses?

I'll update everyone with info tomorrow. I should have been asleep two hours ago! :cold:

I'll update everyone with info tomorrow. I should have been asleep two hours ago! :cold:

yeah but you keep creating new threads to read....:) I am tired and it's only 10:30 here in Vegas. I still need to go out and grab a bite to eat and lose a few coins.....I will check out one of the sports book tomorrow to see what the early odds are for the Pistons.

NBA.com has an automated version of this if thats something we're interested in. Looks like it works just like the standard NCAA bracket pool interfaces.

Can you PM me a link Mo? I will check it in the morning.

Can you PM me a link Mo? I will check it in the morning.

Done, bro.

Count me in.

I'm in!

I'm in like gin.

Brackets added to first post in this thread, I'm finalizing the submission process and rules. More updates to follow throughout the day.

I need 2 BETA testers. If you will be online between 3:30 PM and 5:00 PM EDT today, please PM me. Thanks.

Im in.

Add me to the list. I don't have anything worthwhile to do.

It looks like all the usual suspects have gathered!!!

Folks, we're ready to roll however the format has changed since last year.

Instead of posting directly to a thread, we are going to take submissions through a form. This will standardize the responses and dramatically reduce the chance of any errors, as well as the time required to "mark" the entries.

Please see the competition information page (http://www.pistonsforum.com/view-07bracketpool.html) for specific details and a link to the form.

I recommend you download and use our printable bracket as a "scratch copy". It will make your form easier to fill out. MAKE SURE YOU DOUBLE CHECK YOUR ENTRIES!

I would appreciate if folks would let me know of any errors you find.

Bump.

Let's go folks. You've got just over 24 hours to get your brackets in! See the first post in this thread for details!

might be interesting, but there's no way I get this done before the playoffs start...i don't get back to vegas before Sunday......I'll be checking in....

I'm not sure if this has been covered yet, but the error for tie breakers should be calculated like so:
Predicted outcome between T1 and T2:
P_T1 to P_T2
Actual outcome:
A_T1 to A_T2
Error
|P_T1-A_T1|+|P_T2-P_T2|

That way, in the example the error from the SAS-SAC round would be 1, not 0.

So, we finally find a use for absolute values.

I am totally lost on the P_T1 and P_T2? Can you explain it to me with the team names?

I am totally lost on the P_T1 and P_T2? Can you explain it to me with the team names?

lmao. I thought it was just me.

I am totally lost on the P_T1 and P_T2? Can you explain it to me with the team names?

The way you have it is fine, Roscoe. It's already the same as what Wingspan is suggesting. He's talking about getting the total error from the SAS-SAC series in one calculation, and what you have is separate numbers for SAS and for SAC that are added together at the end, so it's all the same.

So, we finally find a use for absolute values.

Roscoe already has absolute values in his original tiebreaker explanation. :thumb:

The way you have it is fine, Roscoe. It's already the same as what Wingspan is suggesting. He's talking about getting the total error from the SAS-SAC series in one calculation, and what you have is separate numbers for SAS and for SAC that are added together at the end, so it's all the same.


Yeah, it's exactly the same. My bad: I didn't look carefully at what Roscoe wrote. I was just about to delete my post.

But "P" stood for predicted result, and "A" stood for actual result in what I wrote. P_T1 = "Number of wins predicted for team 1". Sorry, I read physics equations all day.

Sorry, I read physics equations all day.

And I'm a mathematician by training, which explains why I was able to grasp your notation right away...and also why I was able to get excited about proper use of absolute values. :laugh:

I just copied what BillLaimbeer sent me last year when I asked for his help on a tie breaking scheme. :dizzy2:

Thanks for looking out guys.

Geez, I can't believe I picked Miami to beat the Bulls 4-3. Horrible!

Zoo, I picked the Heat to win 4-2. :laugh: :tinfoil3:

Geez, I can't believe I picked Miami to beat the Bulls 4-3. Horrible!

I picked the same. I was pulling for the Bulls, but I didn't think they could get past Wade's 20+ FT attempts.

Geez, I can't believe I picked Miami to beat the Bulls 4-3. Horrible!You ain't alone. I was counting on Riley to pull a bunny out of his butt.

I'm sitting pretty well with every matchup so far.

Well, except Dallas / Golden State.

I still believe they can come back.:fingerscr

Geez, I can't believe I picked Miami to beat the Bulls 4-3. Horrible!

I think a lot us made that grave mistake, sheesh. What was I smoking?


:smoke06:

I think a lot us made that grave mistake, sheesh. What was I smoking?


:smoke06:

That's how bookies make their $$$. Sports are just too unpredictable. I think we all can agree that picking winners in the playoffs is a very thanksless task.

I can't believe that I thought the Heat would win 2 games against the Bulls. What a stupid I am.

After the Bulls choked in their last game of the regular season, I was fairly certain Miami would handle them. However, I hesitantly went with Chicago because a certain "expert" seemed certain they would win, and in the past, this experts predictions have been really accurate.

I also picked Dallas and Toronto to win though. :(

I thought people here were nuts for thinking Golden State could take out Dallas. Not sure if anyone actually picked them in the contest though.

Toronto has been flat out disappointing in the playoffs.

I picked Miami in 6 over Chicago (whoops) and Dallas to win it all...:doh: Even if the Mavs somehow pull it out against the Warriors, they sure don't look like they're going to make it out of the West.

I can't blame anyone else for those picks, but I do put 100% blame on Roscoe's Raptors hype for my picking them to beat the Nets. He got me with that one. :wedgie:

The "Dallas" syndrome is a very difficult thing. They've been the best team in the league over the entire season where Warriors got hot during the last month or so. However, we've seen too many times when team going into playoffs on a roll takes out the better team that coasted during the last month or so since they've had their playoffs and their seed wrapped up.

In the Toronto NJ series, it was near impossible to say how healthy would NJ's big 3 would be. If any of them is not healthy, they're a different team. They are, however, more experienced than Toronto and Toronto seemed to fold when it got difficult. Toronto also has no go to guy and Bosh had been disappointing playing against Moore.

I can't blame anyone else for those picks, but I do put 100% blame on Roscoe's Raptors hype for my picking them to beat the Nets. He got me with that one. :wedgie:

EXCELLENT point D4E!!!!!! :stirthepot::gun1::canada:

Basically, truth be told, I was terrified I would get banned if I picked New Jersey.

Thank God my Miami mistake is only good for one round of torture.

Dallas is not dead yet. I'm still not sure if I would change my pick if I was given the chance right now.

Dallas is not dead yet. I'm still not sure if I would change my pick if I was given the chance right now.

I would change in a heartbeat.

I picked Miami in 6 over Chicago (whoops) and Dallas to win it all...:doh: Even if the Mavs somehow pull it out against the Warriors, they sure don't look like they're going to make it out of the West.

I can't blame anyone else for those picks, but I do put 100% blame on Roscoe's Raptors hype for my picking them to beat the Nets. He got me with that one. :wedgie:

You too! Man, I thought I was the only one, lol.:confused:

Dallas is not dead yet. I'm still not sure if I would change my pick if I was given the chance right now.
They may not be dead yet, but they're definitely on life support. Anyway their psyche is too fragile to get anywhere in these playoffs.

All they have to do is win 1 road game against an 8 seed.

They need to win three in a row against a team I believe they beat one out of every 4 tries.

They need to win three in a row against a team I believe they beat one out of every 4 tries.
:p_welldone:

They need to win three in a row against a team I believe they beat one out of every 4 tries.

So, you're saying they have a chance!!

So, you're saying they have a chance!!

They do have a chance. But if I were a betting man...

They do have a chance. But if I were a betting man...

It sounds like you'd give me about 64 to 1 odds. I'll take it.

It sounds like you'd give me about 64 to 1 odds. I'll take it.

I don't believe their odds are nearly that remote, but at this point it is going to be very difficult for them to pull it off.

I don't believe their odds are nearly that remote, but at this point it is going to be very difficult for them to pull it off.
The problem is not that they are down 3-1. The problem is that it wasn't really close for the most part, especially when it mattered the most. Can Dallas D stop Warriors? It would be a miracle if they did. And they also can't keep up offensively. Some drastic changes are needed and very quickly.

Is this just a case of matching up horribly against a specific team?

I know the Warriors swept the Mavs during the regular season, but their record was not great overall. So, it's not like they are just playing better all-around.

Is this just a case of matching up horribly against a specific team?

I know the Warriors swept the Mavs during the regular season, but their record was not great overall. So, it's not like they are just playing better all-around.

TaShawn, but they only had their team healthy and together for the last month of the season and they beat up on everyone including Phoenix and Houston. The only team they really struggled against was San Antonio. They finished 16-5 to make the playoffs. So their 42-40 record is a tad misleading.

How did they sweep Dallas during the regular season then, if they were depleted?

How did they sweep Dallas during the regular season then, if they were depleted?

Tay, if I remember correctly they beat Dallas in the very beginning of the year when Dallas was struggling, and once in the end when Dallas was resting the players and didn't show up.

Here are the results from Round 1

Total = 7
lapeapod
lemonpen

Total = 6
#1Pistonfan
Abe Froeman
aurora
CloudWalker
himat
jammertime
linwood
Sanddunes
TaShawn
Warthog

Total = 5
basketbills
bezeach
BillLaimbeer
buddahfan
coynejeremy
Darth Tater
Dlev59
Jason the Kidd
jzchen
La Dre
Maverick
mikhail1973
MotownPride
roscoe36
webz
Woody

Total = 4
ahb
bricalz
Buckeyes#1
dba
detteam
Dumars4Ever
explosivity
ggazoo69
MainManJoeD
majestik
Nemo
professor
Wingspan

Total = 3
1989

Props so far to lapeapod and lemonpen who only got the Dallas result incorrect, but very special props to roscoe36 and Warthog who were the only ones to choose Golden State and both managed to predict the series result of 4-2 as well.

Thanks for including me guys, but I filled out my bracket in like 20 seconds just as a sample to present.

You don't have to track my results. I can't remember what I even picked.

I thought that was a sample, but couldn't see any other entry so included it anyway. and also because you picked GS which was mention-worthy.

I'm a :sssh: genius. ;)

Props so far to lapeapod and lemonpen who only got the Dallas result incorrect, but very special props to roscoe36 and Warthog who were the only ones to choose Golden State and both managed to predict the series result of 4-2 as well.

i really thought golden state was going to win that series, and i wasn't just picking it to be different. but i also thought the rockets would win as well as the heat, so i'm not that smart. :)

i really thought golden state was going to win that series, and i wasn't just picking it to be different. but i also thought the rockets would win as well as the heat, so i'm not that smart. :)
I guess that's why they play the game. We've all got something wrong in our predictions. :)

Round two results? Who's gonna win this thing?

Round two results? Who's gonna win this thing?


Probably me.

Well, I know I'm not winning, but out of curiosity, who is?:)

Here are the results after the conference finals.
There is only 1 possible point left to pick up and only 4 people are still in the running for that point: Tashawn, ahb, Woody and Nemo. All picked the Spurs.

Three people are tied for first but if the Spurs win it all Tashawn will join that winners circle.

Total = 10
lapeapod
Linwood
Warthog

Total = 9
CloudWalker
coynejeremy
jzchen
LA Dre
lemonpen
mikhail1973
TaShawn

Total = 8
#1Pistonfan
Abe Froeman
ahb
basketbills
bezeach
dba
Dlev59
himat
jammertime
Maverick
Sanddunes
Woody

Total = 7
aurora
BillLaimbeer
bricalz
Buckeyes#1
buddhafan
Darth Tater
Dumars4Ever
explosivity
ggazoo69
Jason The Kid
MainManJoeD
majestik
MotownPride
Nemo
roscoe36
webz
Wingspan

Total = 6
detteam
professor

Total = 5
1989

Wow, I got that many correct? Surprise even for me.

:pound::pound::pound:

Thanks for getting the results Webz! :)

The 4 winners by my reckoning are:
lapeapod
Linwood
Warthog
Tashawn

Well done!

The 4 winners by my reckoning are:
lapeapod
Linwood
Warthog
Tashawn

Well done!
:dancingparty: :chef2:

Guys, I will get to grading this sometime next week to come up with a top 3.

This has got to be bittersweet huh?

Congratulations, you were right on with your brackets, but the Pistons lost, but hey, you won the bracket pool, but the team you were rooting for lost, but on the bright side, you were right! :)

I'd rather be wrong and happy than right and sad any day, unfortunately I had to settle for wrong and sad. :(

hey guys. will we be organising another playoff prediction comp this season? this has the chance to be one of the most interesting ever!

We could start a thread with people's predictions, but as far as setting up brackets and all that, there isn't enough time for me to get that ready with games as early as tomorrow.

I'm surprised yahoo doesn't offer an NBA bracket.

I created a bracket on NBA.com. Name pistonsforum.com. Please PM for password.

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