Post by DAMNIT on Apr 16, 2009 11:16:42 GMT -5
EDIT: The results of the contest can be seen on post #152 of this thread.
Hello everyone! It's now time to start our NBA playoff predictions contest! Here's the listing of the current Round 1 matchups, and I'll list the rules later in this post.
Western Conference
Lakers (1) vs. Jazz (8)
Nuggets (2) vs. Hornets (7)
Spurs (3) vs. Mavericks (6)
Blazers (4) vs. Rockets (5)
Eastern Conference
Cavaliers (1) vs. Pistons (8)
Celtics (2) vs. Bulls (7)
Magic (3) vs. Sixers (6)
Hawks (4) vs. Heat (5)
Here's how the playoffs work: As you can see, the first round is basically 1 vs 8, 2 vs. 7, 3 vs. 6, and 4 vs. 5. The winner of each series will advance to the second round of the playoffs. In this second round playoff, the winner of the 1 vs 8 seed game will play the winner of the 4 vs 5 seed game and the winner of the 3 vs 6 seed game will play the winner of the 2 vs 7 seed game. In the third round, the two remaining teams in each conference play each other, and the winners of those games will play each other in the NBA finals.
So here's how our contest works. Each participant will fill out this template that I have filled out for you in the bottom of this post. You are to fill it out with your picks for the winner of EACH series. This is similar to March Madness, where you pick the winners of each game BEFORE the playoffs (or in the March Madness case, the NCAA tournament). Once you fill out this template, send me a Personal Message, and post in this thread saying that you have sent me a PM. This is done to prevent cheating, because if we all posted our picks here, someone could just modify their posts as the playoffs go on. Also, this way, we know how many people are participating.
Instructions: COPY THE ENTIRE TEXT IN THE CODE BOX, write down the team name (such as Heat, Nuggets, etc.) in the appropriate spots, then send me (DAMNIT) a Personal Message.
Here's how the points work:
You get 1 point for selecting the winner of each round 1 series correct, then 2 points for the round 2 winners, then 3 points for the round 3 winners, and 4 points for predicting correctly the winner of the NBA finals.
If, by any chance there is a tie in points, the winner of our contest will be the one who selected the team that wins the NBA finals. If both have selected the winner of the finals, then it goes to whoever selected most of the winners in round 3, then round 2.
If there's still a tie, we will have two winners.
YOU MUST SUBMIT TO ME YOUR PICKS BEFORE THE FIRST PLAYOFF GAME, WHICH IS ON SATURDAY APRIL 18 AT 12:30PM.
Hello everyone! It's now time to start our NBA playoff predictions contest! Here's the listing of the current Round 1 matchups, and I'll list the rules later in this post.
Western Conference
Lakers (1) vs. Jazz (8)
Nuggets (2) vs. Hornets (7)
Spurs (3) vs. Mavericks (6)
Blazers (4) vs. Rockets (5)
Eastern Conference
Cavaliers (1) vs. Pistons (8)
Celtics (2) vs. Bulls (7)
Magic (3) vs. Sixers (6)
Hawks (4) vs. Heat (5)
Here's how the playoffs work: As you can see, the first round is basically 1 vs 8, 2 vs. 7, 3 vs. 6, and 4 vs. 5. The winner of each series will advance to the second round of the playoffs. In this second round playoff, the winner of the 1 vs 8 seed game will play the winner of the 4 vs 5 seed game and the winner of the 3 vs 6 seed game will play the winner of the 2 vs 7 seed game. In the third round, the two remaining teams in each conference play each other, and the winners of those games will play each other in the NBA finals.
So here's how our contest works. Each participant will fill out this template that I have filled out for you in the bottom of this post. You are to fill it out with your picks for the winner of EACH series. This is similar to March Madness, where you pick the winners of each game BEFORE the playoffs (or in the March Madness case, the NCAA tournament). Once you fill out this template, send me a Personal Message, and post in this thread saying that you have sent me a PM. This is done to prevent cheating, because if we all posted our picks here, someone could just modify their posts as the playoffs go on. Also, this way, we know how many people are participating.
Instructions: COPY THE ENTIRE TEXT IN THE CODE BOX, write down the team name (such as Heat, Nuggets, etc.) in the appropriate spots, then send me (DAMNIT) a Personal Message.
My Round 1 picks.
[u]Western Conference[/u]
1 vs. 8 winner:
2 vs. 7 winner:
3 vs. 6 winner:
4 vs. 5 winner:
[u]Eastern Conference[/u]
1 vs. 8 winner:
2 vs. 7 winner:
3 vs. 6 winner:
4 vs. 5 winner:
My Round 2 picks.
[u]Western Conference[/u]
1 vs 8 winner vs 4 vs 5 winner:
2 vs 7 winner vs 3 vs 6 winner:
[u]Eastern Conference[/u]
1 vs 8 winner vs 4 vs 5 winner:
2 vs 7 winner vs 3 vs 6 winner:
My round 3 picks.
[u]Western Conference[/u]
The Western Conference winner is:
[u]Eastern Conference[/u]
The Eastern Conference winner is:
MY FINAL PICK!
THE WINNER OF THE PLAYOFFS WILL BE:
Here's how the points work:
You get 1 point for selecting the winner of each round 1 series correct, then 2 points for the round 2 winners, then 3 points for the round 3 winners, and 4 points for predicting correctly the winner of the NBA finals.
If, by any chance there is a tie in points, the winner of our contest will be the one who selected the team that wins the NBA finals. If both have selected the winner of the finals, then it goes to whoever selected most of the winners in round 3, then round 2.
If there's still a tie, we will have two winners.
YOU MUST SUBMIT TO ME YOUR PICKS BEFORE THE FIRST PLAYOFF GAME, WHICH IS ON SATURDAY APRIL 18 AT 12:30PM.