OK, so we didn’t all post perfect records in the first round. You find me someone who did, and I’ll personally call the guy and offer him a job.
But everyone here at SheridanHoops had Floyd Mayweather winning in a yawnfest decision over Manny Pacquiao, and we all took the American Pharoah-Dortmund exacta in the Kentucky Derby. Check the Yonkers Raceway surveillance footage if you don’t believe me.
All of us also hit the daily number yesterday, and we all came home winners from our weekly Saturday night poker games. All of us.
OK, none of that is true. But we all had the sun rising in the East this morning, and we are making the same prediction for tomorrow … and the next day … and the next day.
Yes, some predictions are easier than others.
And when we back up our predictions with our wallets, we can all afford to go to SteinerSports.com and buy stuff like authentic autographed jerseys. My favorite is the Michael Jordan jersey, which will take a five-way parlay to afford. But fear not, I have it in me.
The second round of the NBA playoffs? We’ll let you know when it’s over whether the predictions were easy. Until then, let’s hope the second round is as good as Chris Paul was in Game 7 of the Clippers-Spurs series, as Andy Kamenetzky so brilliantly described.
So here you go:
CHRIS SHERIDAN, Publisher/Editor-in-Chief
Atlanta-Washington: Hawks in 6.
Cleveland-Chicago: Cavs in 6.
Golden State-Memphis: Warriors in 7.
Clippers-Houston: Clippers in 5.
CHRIS BERNUCCA, Managing Editor/Columnist
Atlanta-Washington: Hawks in 5.
Cleveland-Chicago: Cavs in 7.
Golden State-Memphis: Warriors in 5.
Clippers-Houston: Rockets in 6.
BOBBY GONZALEZ, Columnist/ Future NBA Coach of the Year
Atlanta-Washington: Hawks in 6.
Cleveland-Chicago: Bulls in 7.
Golden State-Memphis: Warriors in 7.
Clippers-Houston: Rockets in 6.
JAN HUBBARD, Columnist/Author of NBA Encyclopedia
Atlanta-Washington: Wizards in 6.
Cleveland-Chicago: Cavs in 7.
Golden State-Memphis: Warriors in 6.
Clippers-Houston: Clippers in 6.
DANNY SCHAYES, Columnist/NBA Labor Expert
Atlanta-Washington: Hawks in 5.
Cleveland-Chicago: Cavs in 7.
Golden State-Memphis: Warriors in 5.
Clippers-Houston: Rockets in 6.
JIM PARK, Chief Blogger/Fortune Teller
Atlanta-Washington: Hawks in 6.
Cleveland-Chicago: Cavs in 6.
Golden State-Memphis: Warriors in 5.
Clippers-Houston: Rockets in 7.
SHLOMO SPRUNG, Analytics Expert/Columnist
Atlanta-Washington: Hawks in 6.
Cleveland-Chicago: Bulls in 7.
Golden State-Memphis: Warriors in 6.
Clippers-Houston: Rockets in 7.
MICHAEL SCOTTO, Columnist/PayPal Security Skeptic
Atlanta-Washington: Wizards in 7.
Cleveland-Chicago: Bulls in 7.
Golden State-Memphis: Warriors in 4.
Clippers-Houston: Clippers in 7.
JOE KOTOCH, Draft Guru
Atlanta-Washington: Hawks in 7.
Cleveland-Chicago: Cavs in 7.
Golden State-Memphis: Warriors in 7.
Clippers-Houston: Rockets in 6.
JON MARKS, Columnist/Mahorn Savior
Atlanta-Washington: Hawks in 6.
Cleveland-Chicago: Cavs in 6.
Golden State-Memphis: Warriors in 5.
Clippers-Houston: Clippers in 6.
MAXWELL OGDEN, Reporter/Night Owl
Atlanta-Washington: Hawks in 6.
Cleveland-Chicago: Cavs in 7.
Golden State-Memphis: Grizzlies in 7.
Clippers-Houston: Clippers in 6.
KELS DAYTON, Future Pulitzer Prize Material
Atlanta-Washington: Wizards in 6.
Cleveland-Chicago: Bulls in 6.
Golden State-Memphis: Warriors in 6.
Clippers-Houston: Clippers in 6.
SheridanHoops.com has been publishing since September, 2011. The publisher has been covering the NBA since 1990, and he has not yet turned 50. But that day is coming soon. Follow him on Twitter.