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NBA Playoff Pick ‘Em Results: NBA Finals

The NBA season has finally come to an end, and on Sunday, the apocalypse happened: the Lakers were crowned as NBA Champions for the 15th time. Four of the SoB “experts” chose the Lakers to win it all, with the other four possibly influenced by their hate for L.A.

In a stunningly close NBA Playoff Pick ‘Em, Jeff, Mike, and Adam finished tied with 14-4 overall record (see Pick’ Em results below for rules). In a double tiebreaker, Adam prevailed and was crowned NBA Pick ‘Em champ! He properly predicted the Lakers would win it all, but of course he would…he’s from New York and isn’t the biggest fan of Boston sports.

Without further ado, the final NBA Pick ‘Em of the season…

NBA Finals Picks

Rules: Each choice will be seen as one “win” and will be added to the final record. The score in the clinching game will be used as a tiebreaker only.

We have a three-way tie at 14-4. Following the rules of the Price is Right, the closest final game score guess to the actual game without going over is the winner. In this case, all three total point guesses were over, so we will go with the closest guess…which was Adam with 202 points! The actual final score was 99-86 (185 pts).

Picks:	Geoff	KC	Jeff	Pete	Chris	Mike	Dan	Adam
ORL/LA	Magic	Magic	Lakers	Magic	Lakers	Lakers	Magic	Lakers
Games?	7	6	6	6	6	6	7	7
Finals MVP?	Howard	Howard	Kobe	Howard	Kobe	Kobe	Howard	Kobe
Leading scorer in final game?	Howard	Kobe	R. Lewis	Kobe	Kobe	Kobe	Kobe	Kobe
Final game score	110-95	110-105	117-95	106-98	104-85	114-106	107-102	102-100
ROUND 4	0-4	1-3	2-2	1-3	3-1	3-1	1-3	3-1
OVERALL	9-9	10-8	14-4	11-7	11-7	14-4	12-6	14-4**

Here’s a look at our Conference Finals picks. Who knew the Cavs had no answer for Dwight Howard?

Round 3 Picks

Picks:	Geoff	KC	Jeff	Pete	Chris	Mike	Dan	Adam
CLE/ORL	Cavs	Cavs	Cavs	Cavs	Cavs	Cavs	Cavs	Cavs
LA/DEN	Nuggets	Lakers	Lakers	Lakers	Lakers	Lakers	Nuggets	Lakers
ROUND 3	0-2	1-1	1-1	1-1	1-1	1-1	0-2	1-1
OVERALL	9-5	9-5	12-2	10-4	8-6	11-3	11-3	11-3

Here’s how Round 2 went. C’mon Chris, the Mavs??

Round 2 Picks

Picks:	Geoff	KC	Jeff	Pete	Chris	Mike	Dan	Adam
CLE/ATL	Cavs	Cavs	Cavs	Cavs	Cavs	Cavs	Cavs	Cavs
BOS/ORL	Celtics	Celtics	Magic	Celtics	Celtics	Magic	Magic	Magic
LA/HOU	Lakers	Lakers	Lakers	Lakers	Lakers	Lakers	Lakers	Lakers
DAL/DEN	Nuggets	Nuggets	Nuggets	Nuggets	Mavs	Nuggets	Nuggets	Nuggets
ROUND 2	3-1	3-1	4-0	3-1	2-2	4-0	4-0	4-0
OVERALL	9-3	8-4	11-1	9-3	7-5	10-2	11-1	10-2

Here’s how we did way back in Round 1:

Round 1 Picks

Picks:	Geoff	KC	Jeff	Pete	Chris	Mike	Dan	Adam
CLE/DET	Cavs	Cavs	Cavs	Cavs	Cavs	Cavs	Cavs	Cavs
BOS/CHI	Celtics	Celtics	Celtics	Celtics	Celtics	Celtics	Celtics	Celtics
ORL/PHI	Magic	Magic	Magic	Magic	Magic	Magic	Magic	Magic
ATL/MIA	Heat	Hawks	Hawks	Hawks	Heat	Heat	Hawks	Hawks
LAL/UTA	Lakers	Lakers	Lakers	Lakers	Lakers	Lakers	Lakers	Lakers
DEN/NO	Nuggets	Hornets	Nuggets	Hornets	Hornets	Nuggets	Nuggets	Nuggets
SA/DAL	Spurs	Spurs	Spurs	Spurs	Spurs	Spurs	Spurs	Spurs
POR/HOU	Rockets	Blazers	Rockets	Rockets	Rockets	Rockets	Rockets	Blazers
OVERALL	6-2	5-3	7-1	6-2	5-3	6-2	7-1	6-2

Tags: Los Angeles Lakers, NBA Finals, NBA Pick 'Em, NBA Playoffs

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