2009-2010 NBA Expert Picks: Results

By John in Celtics, Featured, Now!, Opinion ⋅ April 15, 2010 at 5:33pm ⋅ Post a comment

Lebron James and Kobe Bryant were once more the top superstars. They aim to face off four to seven more times before the season is through. (sportssoundoff.net)

The season is now over, and there have been plenty of dark horses that have made quite an impact. Oklahoma’s in for the first time as the Thunder, Milwaukee and Charlotte are in, not to mention the #3 Suns. On the other side of that coin, who could have foreseen the Spurs’ poor season? For that matter, the Celtics have struggled a lot more than people though they would; at least they’re in a weak conference and division.

Prediction-wise, the three East division winners were all picked successfully, while the West was harder to pick. I was the only one to pick all three correctly, being the only one to pick the Mavericks as division winners. But I was also the only one to not pick the Heat to make the post-season, so karma is alive and well. I was also the only one with three correct seed picks in one conference.

Despite all that, I only finished 6th in the standings; I was agonizing over whether to put the Cavaliers or Magic first. Oh well. Thanks to a strong finish by divisional picks, the winner is … Brian. Brian correctly picked both top seeds, as well as a middle seed to put the icing on the cake. Kudos, Brian. Be sure to check below to see how everyone finished, and how their picks turned out:

Rank	Point	Total
#1	Brian	37
#2	KC	33 (most point-garnering picks)
#3	Pete	33
#4	Mike P	33 (least point-garnering picks)
#5	Erikk	32 (more point-garnering picks)
#6	John	32 (less point-garnering picks)
#7	A.J.	30 (correct picks closer [overall] to final standings)
#8	Nate	30 (correct picks farther away [overall] from final standings)
#9	Chris	29
#10	Teddy	20

Expert Picks: Results

EAST	A.J.	Brian	Chris	Erikk	John	KC	Mike P.	Nate	Pete	Teddy
#1*	Celtics	Cavaliers (8)	Celtics	Celtics	Magic	Celtics	Celtics	Magic	Cavaliers (8)	Celtics
#2*	Cavaliers	Celtics	Cavaliers	Magic (7)	Cavaliers	Magic (7)	Magic (7)	Celtics	Celtics	Cavaliers
#3*	Magic	Magic	Magic	Cavaliers	Celtics	Cavaliers	Cavaliers	Cavaliers	Magic	Magic
#4	Hawks	Hawks	Hawks	Bulls	Hawks	Hawks	Bulls	Hawks	Hawks	Bulls
#5	Bulls	Wizards	Bulls	Hawks	Bulls	Bulls	Hawks	Bulls	Pacers	Hawks
#6	Heat	Heat	Heat	Heat	76ers	Heat	76ers	Heat	Heat	Wizards
#7	Raptors	Bulls	76ers	Raptors	Wizards	Raptors	Raptors	76ers	Pistons	Heat
#8	Wizards	Pacers	Raptors	Pistons	Pistons	Wizards	Heat	Raptors	Bulls (1)	Pistons
WEST	A.J.	Brian	Chris	Erikk	John	KC	Mike P.	Nate	Pete	Teddy
#1*	Lakers (8)	Lakers (8)	Lakers (8)	Lakers (8)	Lakers (8)	Lakers (8)	Lakers (8)	Lakers (8)	Lakers (8)	Spurs
#2*	Spurs	Spurs	Spurs	Spurs	Nuggets	Spurs	Nuggets	Blazers	Spurs	Lakers
#3*	Jazz	Nuggets	Nuggets	Nuggets	Mavericks	Nuggets	Spurs	Spurs	Blazers	Jazz
#4	Nuggets (5)	Blazers	Jazz	Blazers	Spurs	Jazz	Blazers	Nuggets (5)	Mavericks	Mavericks
#5	Hornets	Jazz (4)	Mavericks	Mavericks	Jazz (4)	Blazers	Hornets	Mavericks	Nuggets	Hornets
#6	Suns	Suns	Blazers (3)	Jazz	Blazers (3)	Hornets	Mavericks	Hornets	Hornets	Blazers (3)
#7	Mavericks	Hornets	Hornets	Hornets	Clippers	Mavericks	Warriors	Jazz	Rockets	Clippers
#8	Blazers	Clippers	Suns	Clippers	Hornets	Suns	Thunder (1)	Suns	Suns	Thunder (1)
POINTS	30	37	29	32	32	33	33	30	33	20

Table Legend

Two point picks are bolded.
One point picks are italicized.
Zero point picks are crossed out.
A number in parentheses after a team name indicates bonus points received by that pick.

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