Playoff Predictions 2026

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Playoff Predictions 2026

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Winner gets +3 to any stat besides potential & lower than 75.

Lets see who can best predict the playoffs. Rules are:

1 Points for guessing how many games the series will run
3 Point for correctly picking winning team in each round
5 Points for correctly predicting Conference Winners
10 Points for correctly predicting Finals Champion

East:
#1 Raptors vs. #8 Bulls
#4 Nets vs. #5 76ers
#3 Heat vs. #6 Pacers
#2 Celtics vs. #7 Pistons

West:
#1 Grizzlies vs. #8 SuperSonics
#4 Nuggets vs. #5 Timberwolves
#3 Mavericks vs. #6 Suns
#2 Trailblazers vs. #7 Kings

Standings:
DrBradBuss: Rd 1 (25) + Rd 2 (10) + Rd 3 (16) + Finals () = 51
Oregon Ownage: Rd 1 (17) + Rd 2 (12) + Rd 3 (9) + Finals () = 38
Skyhooker: Rd 1 (18) + Rd 2 (10) + Rd 3 (9) + Finals () = 37
Marzeial: Rd 1 (15) + Rd 2 (10) + Rd 3 (9) + Finals () = 34
bellsduck: Rd 1 (21) + Rd 2 (4) + Rd 3 (8) + Finals () = 33
dennocj: Rd 1 (14) + Rd 2 (8) + Rd 3 (9) + Finals () = 31
Cellar-door: Rd 1 (21) + Rd 2 (9) + Rd 3 (0) + Finals () = 30
GoNy: Rd 1 (15) + Rd 2 (9) + Rd 3 (1) + Finals () = 26
BucksGM: Rd 1 (16) + Rd 2 (7) + Rd 3 (2) + Finals () = 25
pistolpetejr: Rd 1 (0) + Rd 2 (14) + Rd 3 (9) + Finals () = 23
TDotDarkwing: Rd 1 (16) + Rd 2 (4) + Rd 3 (1) + Finals () = 21

Previous Winners:
2008 - FlDuckFan 47
2009 - Oregon Ownage 43
2010 - BellDuck 52
2011 - Boom 62
2012 - Bellsduck 51
2013 - Oregon Ownage 42
2014 - Boom/Oregon Ownage 52
2015 - EaZyE 50
2016 - Skyhooker 54
2017 - Brophdog88 51
2018 - Boom 66
2019 - DrBradBuss/UOducksTK1 48
2020 - The Bean Regime 42
2021 - Briezy 34
2022 - DrBradBuss 65
2023 - DakQuack4
2024 - nray30 62
2025 - GoNy/pistolpetejr 44
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Re: Playoff Predictions 2026

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Open for predictions
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Re: Playoff Predictions 2026

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East:
#1 Raptors vs. #8 Bulls 4-0
#4 Nets vs. #5 76ers 4-3
#3 Heat vs. #6 Pacers 4-3
#2 Celtics vs. #7 Pistons 4-1

2nd round
Raptors vs. Nets 4-1
Celtics vs Pacers 4-1

3rd
Raptors vs Celtics 4-2

West:
#1 Grizzlies vs. #8 SuperSonics 4-3
#4 Nuggets vs. #5 Timberwolves 4-2
#3 Mavericks vs. #6 Suns 4-0
#2 Trailblazers vs. #7 Kings 4-0

2nd round
Grizzlies vs Nuggets 4-3
Trailblazers vs Mavericks 4-2

3rd
Grizzlies vs Trailblazers 4-3

Finals
Celtics vs Trailblazers 4-3
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Re: Playoff Predictions 2026

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East:
#1 Raptors vs. #8 Bulls
#4 Nets vs. #5 76ers
#3 Heat vs. #6 Pacers
#2 Celtics vs. #7 Pistons

#1 Raptors
v #5 76ers
#3 Heat v #7 Pistons

#1 Raptors v #3 Heat


West:
#1 Grizzlies vs. #8 SuperSonics
#4 Nuggets vs. #5 Timberwolves
#3 Mavericks vs. #6 Suns
#2 Trailblazers vs. #7 Kings

#1 Grizzlies v #4 Nuggets
#2 Trailblazers v #6 Suns

#1 Grizzlies v #2 Trailblazers

Raptors v Trailblazers
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Re: Playoff Predictions 2026

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East:
#1 Raptors vs. #8 Bulls 4-2
#4 Nets vs. #5 76ers 4-2
#3 Heat vs. #6 Pacers 4-1
#2 Celtics vs. #7 Pistons 4-1

#1 Raptors v #4 Nets 4-3
#2 Celtics v #3 Heat 4-3

#1 Raptors v #2 Celtics 4-2


West:
#1 Grizzlies vs. #8 SuperSonics 4-1
#4 Nuggets vs. #5 Timberwolves 4-2
#3 Mavericks vs. #6 Suns 4-2
#2 Trailblazers vs. #7 Kings 4-1

#1 Grizzlies v #4 Nuggets 4-1
#2 Trailblazers v #6 Suns 4-2

#1 Grizzlies v #2 Trailblazers 4-1

Celtics v Grizzlies 4-2
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Re: Playoff Predictions 2026

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East:
#1 Raptors vs. #8 Bulls 4-2
#4 Nets vs. #5 76ers 4-2
#3 Heat vs. #6 Pacers 4-1
#2 Celtics vs. #7 Pistons 4-1

#1 Raptors v #4 Nets 4-3
#2 Celtics v #3 Heat 4-3

#3 Heat vs #4 Nets 4-2


West:
#1 Grizzlies vs. #8 SuperSonics 4-0
#4 Nuggets vs. #5 Timberwolves 4-3
#3 Mavericks vs. #6 Suns 4-1
#2 Trailblazers vs. #7 Kings 4-1

#1 Grizzlies v #4 Nuggets 4-1
#2 Trailblazers v #3 Mavericks 4-2

#1 Grizzlies v #3 Mavericks 4-2

Heat v Grizzlies 4-3
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Re: Playoff Predictions 2026

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East:
#1 Raptors vs. #8 Bulls (Raptors 4-2)
#4 Nets vs. #5 76ers (Nets 4-1)
#3 Heat vs. #6 Pacers (Heat 4-3)
#2 Celtics vs. #7 Pistons (Celtics 4-2)

Raptors over Nets 4-2
Heat over Celtics 4-2

Heat over Raptors 4-3

West:
#1 Grizzlies vs. #8 SuperSonics (Grizz 4-1)
#4 Nuggets vs. #5 Timberwolves (Wolves 4-2)
#3 Mavericks vs. #6 Suns (Mavs 4-1)
#2 Trailblazers vs. #7 Kings (Blazers 4-2)

Grizzlies over Wolves 4-1
Mavs over Blazers 4-1

Mavs over Grizzlies 4-2

Heat over Mavs 4-2
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Re: Playoff Predictions 2026

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East:
#1 Raptors vs. #8 Bulls (Raptors 4-2)
#4 Nets vs. #5 76ers (76ers 4-2)
#3 Heat vs. #6 Pacers (Heat 4-0)
#2 Celtics vs. #7 Pistons (Celtics 4-0)

Raptors over 76ers 4-2
Heat over Celtics 4-2

Raptors over Heat 4-2

West:
#1 Grizzlies vs. #8 SuperSonics (Grizz 4-0-
#4 Nuggets vs. #5 Timberwolves (Wolves 4-2)
#3 Mavericks vs. #6 Suns (Mavs 4-1)
#2 Trailblazers vs. #7 Kings (Blazers 4-2)

Grizzlies over Wolves 4-1
Blazers over Mavs 4-2

Grizzlies over Blazers 4-2

Grizzlies over Raptors 4-2
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Re: Playoff Predictions 2026

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East:
#1 Raptors vs. #8 Bulls 4-1
#4 Nets vs. #5 76ers 4-2
#3 Heat vs. #6 Pacers 2-4
#2 Celtics vs. #7 Pistons 4-3

#1 Raptors v #4 Nets 4-3
#6 Pacers v #2 Celtics 4-3

#1 Raptors v #6 Pacers 3-4


West:
#1 Grizzlies vs. #8 SuperSonics 4-2
#4 Nuggets vs. #5 Timberwolves 3-4
#3 Mavericks vs. #6 Suns 4-2
#2 Trailblazers vs. #7 Kings 4-2

#1 Grizzlies v #5 TWolves 4-3
#2 Trailblazers v #3 Mavs 2-4

#1 Grizzlies v #3 Mavs 4-3

Pacers vs Grizzlies 4-3
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Re: Playoff Predictions 2026

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East:
Raptors over Bulls 4-0
Nets over 76ers 4-0
Heat over Pacers 4-0
Celtics over Pistons 4-1

Nets over Raptors 4-3
Heat over Celtics 4-1

Heat over Nets 4-3

West:
Grizzlies over SuperSonics 4-0
Nuggets over Timberwolves 4-1
Mavericks over Suns 4-1
Kings over Blazers 4-2

Grizzlies over Nuggets 4-1
Mavericks over Kings 4-0

Mavericks over Grizzlies 4-3

Mavericks over Heat 4-2
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Re: Playoff Predictions 2026

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1 Raptors vs. #8 Bulls - Raptors - 4-1
#4 Nets vs. #5 76ers - Nets - 4-3
#3 Heat vs. #6 Pacers - Pacers - 4-2
#2 Celtics vs. #7 Pistons - Celtics - 4-2

Raptors vs Nets - Raptors - 4-1
Pacers vs Celtics - Celtics - 4-0

Raptors vs Celtics - Celtics - 4-3

West:
#1 Grizzlies vs. #8 SuperSonics - Grizzlies - 4-2
#4 Nuggets vs. #5 Timberwolves - Timberwolves - 4-3
#3 Mavericks vs. #6 Suns - Mavericks - 4-0
#2 Trailblazers vs. #7 Kings - Trailblazers - 4-2

Grizzlies vs Timberwolves - Timberwolves - 4-3
Mavericks vs Trailblazers - Trailblazers - 4-2

Timberwolves vs Trailblazers - Trailblazers - 4-2

Celtics vs Trailblazers - Celtics - 4-1

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Edit after the seeding issues



#1 Raptors vs. #5 76ers - Raptors - 4-2
#2 Nets vs. #3 Heat - Heat - 4-2

Raptors vs Heat - Heat - 4-3

West
#1 Grizzlies vs. #4 Nuggets - Grizzlies - 4-2
#2 Trailblazers vs. #6 Suns - Trailblazers - 4-2

Grizzlies vs Trailblazers - Grizzlies - 4-1



Heat vs Grizzlies - Grizzlies - 4-2
Last edited by Marzeial on Mon Jul 23, 2018 2:24 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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Re: Playoff Predictions 2026

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East:
#1 Raptors vs. #8 Bulls 4-1
#4 Nets vs. #5 76ers 4-1
#3 Heat vs. #6 Pacers 4-2
#2 Celtics vs. #7 Pistons 4-2

#1 Raptors vs. #5 76ers 4-2
#2 Nets vs. #3 Heat 4-3

#1 Raptors vs. #2 Nets 4-3

West:
#1 Grizzlies vs. #8 SuperSonics 4-3
#4 Nuggets vs. #5 Timberwolves 4-2
#3 Mavericks vs. #6 Suns 4-2
#2 Trailblazers vs. #7 Kings 4-2

#1 Grizzlies vs. #4 Nuggets 4-2
#2 Trailblazers vs. #6 Suns 4-1

#1 Grizzlies vs. #2 Trailblazers 4-3

Raptors vs. Grizzlies 4-2
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Re: Playoff Predictions 2026

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This is all messed up.
I didn't play the Nets
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Re: Playoff Predictions 2026

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Skyhooker wrote:This is all messed up.
I didn't play the Nets
Yea I messed this one up. Dont know what I was looking at when I created the bracket
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Re: Playoff Predictions 2026

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East
#1 Raptors vs. #5 76ers
#2 Nets vs. #3 Heat

West
#1 Grizzlies vs. #4 Nuggets
#2 Trailblazers vs. #6 Suns

Second chance everyone!!!!

Use this bracket for your picks. Edit your previous post with this bracket (not the 1st round matchups though). So you will be editing picks from the the 2nd round on.

I edited mine for reference.
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