2011-2012 NBA Expert Picks Results

By John in Celtics, Featured, NBA, Now!, Opinion ⋅ April 28, 2012 at 12:02pm ⋅ Post a comment

After a season without much rest for the weary, the playoffs are upon us, also without much rest for the weary. But before we talk about the playoffs, we have to recap the regular season picks our experts made back in December, and see how everything shaped up.

Picking the field itself wasn’t much of a challenge, but the precise ordering was more of a challenge. The Spurs caught most panelists off guard and the Lakers a majority, as far as division winners go. The Heat once again failed to live up to expectations of a team that was thought to conquer the league. The Thunder were a great choice out West, though not quite as the #1 most expected. Bonus points for exact seeds weren’t numerous, but were still handed out here and there.

So where does that leave the final standings? Without further ado, the winner of the 2011-2012 NBA Pick ‘Em is…Gianpaolo. Being the only one to pick the Bulls to win the East really helped out, especially with Miami following at #2. The rest of the field was quite crowded, with a three-way tiebreaker and two-way tiebreaker needed.

So there you have it. Be sure to check below for the complete standings and results, and check back Sunday for everyone’s playoff selections.

Rank	Name	Points
#1	Gianpaolo	34
#2	Josh S	27
#3	Stephen	27
#4	John	27
#5	KC	23
#6	Matthew	21
#7	Nick	21
#8	Aryeh	19

	Name	Aryeh	Gianpaolo	John	Josh S	KC	Matthew	Nick	Stephen
East	#1	*Heat	*Bulls (8)	*Heat	*Heat	*Heat	*Heat	*Heat	*Heat
	#2	*Bulls	*Heat (7)	*Bulls	*Bulls	*Bulls	*Bulls	*Bulls	*Bulls
	#3	*Celtics	*Knicks	*Celtics	*Celtics	*Knicks	*Celtics	*Knicks	Magic
	#4	Knicks	Magic	Knicks	Knicks	Celtics (5)	Magic	Pacers	*Celtics (5)
	#5	Magic	Pacers	Magic	Hawks (4)	Magic	Knicks	Magic	Knicks
	#6	Hawks	Celtics	Hawks	Magic (3)	Pacers	Hawks	Celtics	Pacers
	#7	Wizards	76ers	Pacers	Pacers	76ers	Pacers	Hawks	Bucks
	#8	76ers (1)	Hawks	76ers (1)	76ers (1)	Hawks	Nets	76ers	Nets
West	#1	*Mavericks	*Thunder	*Mavericks	*Thunder	*Thunder	*Thunder	*Thunder	*Thunder
	#2	Spurs	*Mavericks	*Thunder (7)	*Mavericks	*Mavericks	*Lakers	*Mavericks	*Spurs
	#3	*Thunder	*Clippers	Spurs	Spurs	*Clippers	*Mavericks	Grizzlies	*Clippers
	#4	*Clippers	Trail Blazers	*Lakers	*Lakers	Lakers	Spurs	*Clippers	Grizzlies (5)
	#5	Lakers	Lakers	Nuggets	Grizzlies	Grizzlies	Clippers	Lakers	Trail Blazers
	#6	Suns	Grizzlies	Suns	Trail Blazers	Spurs	Nuggets (3)	Nuggets (3)	Lakers
	#7	Nuggets	Spurs	Clippers	Clippers	Nuggets	Warriors	Spurs	Warriors
	#8	Grizzlies	Rockets	Trail Blazers	Suns	Rockets	Hornets	Trail Blazers	Mavericks
Best	Team	Heat	Bulls	Heat	Heat	Heat	Heat	Heat	Heat
Tiebreaker	Worst Team	Raptors	Cavaliers	Cavaliers	Bobcats	Cavaliers	Jazz	Suns	Bobcats
	2nd Worst Team	Kings	Raptors	Kings	Raptors	Hornets	Wizards	Bobcats	Cavaliers
	3rd Worst Team	Cavaliers	Jazz	Nets	Cavaliers	Bobcats	Cavaliers	Warriors	Pistons
Total	Points	19	34	27	27	23	21	21	27

Table Legend:

* = division winner pick
Two-point picks are bolded.
One-point picks are italicized.
Zero-point picks are crossed out.
A number in parentheses after a team indicates bonus points received thanks to that team.

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