NBA Playoffs

The NBA playoffs are finally here! As the NBA's second season starts, I figured that I needed to get my official playoff predictions in so that I can gloat (or groan) when its all over.

First Round:

Dallas over Golden State in 4
Phoenix over Los Angeles in 5
San Antonio over Denver in 5
Houston over Utah in 7

Detroit over Orlando in 5
Cleveland over Washington in 4
Toronto over New Jersey in 7
Chicago over Miami in 6

Second Round:

Dallas over Houston in 6
San Antonio over Phoenix in 7

Detroit over Chicago in 5
Cleveland over Toronto in 6

Conference Finals:

Dallas over San Antonio in 6
Cleveland over Detroit in 6

NBA Finals:

Dallas over Cleveland in 6

I know that there is a lot of chalk in there, but such is life. The NBA playoffs are designed to be as predictable as possible. Just a couple of stats that I grabbed from SI.COM:

-In the playoffs, the team with home court advantage wins the series 79% of the time.
-The NBA champion has been the No. 1 or 2 seed in its conference for the past 11 years.