Second-round NBA playoff predictions: Sheridan says Heat will sweep Nets

You want gambling advice? Check out my picks for the four second-round NBA playoff series, and then go out and bet the opposite.

OK, maybe that is overstating it.

But I did not have a great first round from a prognosticator standpoint, failing to hit on my upset picks of the Grizzlies over the Thunder and the Warriors over the Clippers. Close, but not quite.

The best pickers we had in the first round were Peter May and Shlomo Sprung, although Danny Schayes gets bonus points for being the only guy on staff to pick the Wizards over the Bulls. Here is the link to everyone’s first-round picks.

Here is who nailed each series:

HEAT in 4 over BOBCATS

CHRIS SHERIDAN PETER MAYSHLOMO SPRUNG

NETS in 7 OVER RAPTORS

CHRIS SHERIDANJAMES PARKBRIAN KAMENETZKY

PACERS in 7 OVER HAWKS

PETER MAY

WIZARDS in 5 OVER BULLS

NOBODY

SPURS in 7 OVER MAVERICKS

NOBODY

CLIPPERS in 7 OVER WARRIORS

PETER MAY SHLOMO SPRUNG BOBBY GONZALEZ

THUNDER in 7 OVER GRIZZLIES

ANDY KAMENETZKY

BLAZERS in 6 OVER ROCKETS

PETER MAY ANDY KAMENETZKY BRIAN KAMENETZKY

In the second round, the only place where I am going out on a limb is with the Miami Heat, who I picked to sweep the Brooklyn Nets.

More on predictions, and the reasons behind them, in this video with Cinesport’s Noah Coslov. And below the video player are the picks from the entire staff.