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MY 2014-15 NBA PREDICITIONS

EASTERN CONFERENCE  –  (Playoff teams in BOLD)

Central Division

1 Cavs                          59-23

2 Bulls                          56-26

3 Detroit                      37-45

4 Indiana                     34-48

5 Milwaukee               26-56

 

Atlantic Division

1 Toronto                    49-33

2 New York                 42-40

3 Brooklyn                  40-42

4 Boston                     26-56

5 Philadelphia            20-62

 

Southeast

1 Miami                      48-34

2 Washington            46-36

3 Charlotte                 45-37

4 Atlanta                     41-41

5 Orlando                   28-54

 

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Southwest

1 San Antonio            58-24

2 Houston                   50-32

3 Dallas                       49-33

4 Memphis                 47-35

5 New Orleans           41-41

 

Pacific

1 LA Clippers              58-24

2 Golden State          52-30

3 Phoenix                   44-38

4 Kings                        30-52

5 LA Lakers                 28-54

 

Northwest

1 Oklahoma City       54-28

2 Portland                  53-29

3 Denver                    37-45

4 Minnesota              27-55

5 Utah                        26-56

Eastern Conference Finals  –  CAVS over BULLS

Western Conference Finals –  SPURS over CLIPPERS

 

NBA Championship – CAVS over SPURS

THE 2014 NBA PRE-SEASON RODA RATINGS – “ THE FINE FIFTEEN”

THE TOP FIVE

1 San Antonio Spurs  – Defending champs, Tim Duncan comes back at a discount price to help keep Boris Diaw and Patty Mills and the team stays intact. The favorites to start the season for sure.

2 Oklahoma City Thunder – While they lost veterans Sefalosha and Butler, they added shooting guard Anthony Morrow in free agency who is a career 43% shooter from beyond the arc and picked up a big in Mitch McGary and a defensive minded wing in Josh Huestis in the draft. Oh yeah K.D. and Russell Westbrook are still there too.

3 Los Angeles Clippers – With Doc Rivers fully in charge, the Clippers have had a quiet, but productive off-season so far. In free agency they’ve added stretch-5 Spencer Hawes and point guard Jordan Farmar to help with their depth and offense. In the draft L.A. selected shooting guard C.J. Wilcox who can knock it down from long range and cash in at the free throw line, and is a solid defender already.

4 Chicago Bulls – Even though they didn’t get Carmelo Anthony, the Bulls did add Pau Gasol in free agency and will be getting former league MVP Derrick Rose back. Adding those two All-Stars to a team that made the playoffs last year and the Bulls are going to be a force to be reckoned with in the Eastern Conference.

5 Cleveland Cavaliers – Bringing LeBron James back in free agency not only makes the Cavs a playoff contender, but a lot people feel an NBA Championship contender.  I’m not ready to go there yet. Let’s wait and see what happens with all of these Kevin Love rumors. But even if they don’t deal for Love, with James, number #1 overall pick Andrew Wiggins and Kyrie Irving serving as the Cavs big three, David Blatt’s team is one to watch out for in the East, which is now up for grabs.

THE BEST OF THE REST

6 Portland Trail Blazers

7 Indiana Pacers

8 Houston Rockets

9 Golden State Warriors

10 Memphis Grizzlies

11 Washington Wizards

12 Miami Heat

13 Dallas Mavericks

14 Phoenix Suns

15 Toronto Raptors

My 2014 NBA PLAYOFFS PREDICTIONS

 

                East                                                First Round                                     West

#1 Pacers over #8 Hawks                                                       #1 Spurs over #8 Mavs

#2 Heat over #7 Bobcats                                                         #2 Thunder over #7 Grizzlies

#6 Nets over #3 Raptors                                                         #3 Clippers over #6 Warriors

#5 Wizards over #4 Bulls                                                       #5 Blazers over #4 Rockets

 

 

East                                                            Second Round                                   West

#1 Pacers over #5 Wizards                                                      #1 Spurs over # 5 Blazers               #2 Heat over #6 Nets                                                       #2 Thunder over #3 Clippers

 

East                                                         Conference Finals                                  West

#2 Heat over #1 Pacers                                                                #2 Thunder over #1 Spurs

NBA Basketball Close Up

 

 NBA Finals

 #2 Heat over #2 Thunder in 7 games