Early playoff predictions

We're almost halfway through the season. Which teams do you think will make the playoffs?

Eastern Conference

1. Miami
2. Detroit
3. New York
4. Washington
5. Cleveland
6. Indiana
7. Boston
8. Orlando

Western Conference

1. Phoenix
2. San Antonio
3. Seattle
4. Sacramento
5. Dallas
6. Minnesota
7. Memphis
8. L.A. Lakers

You gotta put Toronto in there, they have been playing good this year.

East:
1-Miami Heat
2-Washington Wizards
3-Detroit Pistons
4-Cleveland Cavaliers
5-Orlando Magic
6-New York Knicks
7-Indiana Pacers
8-Boston Celtics

West:
1-San Antonio Spurs
2-Phoenix Suns
3-Seattle Supersonics
4-Sacramento Kings
5-Dallas Mavericks
6-Los Angeles Lakers
7-Minnesota Timberwolves
8-Houston Rockets

You gotta put Toronto in there, they have been playing good this year.

Yeah, a 13-22 record is awesome

East:
1-Miami Heat
2-Washington Wizards
3-Detroit Pistons
4-Cleveland Cavaliers
5-Orlando Magic
6-New York Knicks
7-Indiana Pacers
8-Boston Celtics

West:
1-San Antonio Spurs
2-Phoenix Suns
3-Seattle Supersonics
4-Sacramento Kings
5-Dallas Mavericks
6-Los Angeles Lakers
7-Minnesota Timberwolves
8-Houston Rockets

You gotta put Toronto in there, they have been playing good this year.

Yeah, a 13-22 record is awesome (Y)

If you watched them recently you would know that they are playing really well right now and could still make the playoffs.

east:

1. miami
2. cleveland
3. detroit
4. orlando
5. new york
6. philadelphia
7. boston
8. chicago

west:

1. phoenix
2. san antonio
3. seattle
4. sacramento
5. dallas
6. lakers
7. houston
8. minnessota

Don't the winners of each division automatically get the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd seeds for the playoffs in their conference?

yes so the knicks will be number 3 if they win the atlantic division.

You gotta put Toronto in there, they have been playing good this year.

bulls been playing good this year too

East:
1-Miami Heat
2-Washington Wizards
3-Detroit Pistons
4-Cleveland Cavaliers
5-Orlando Magic
6-New York Knicks
7-Indiana Pacers
8-Boston Celtics

West:
1-San Antonio Spurs
2-Phoenix Suns
3-Seattle Supersonics
4-Sacramento Kings
5-Dallas Mavericks
6-Los Angeles Lakers
7-Minnesota Timberwolves
8-Houston Rockets

You gotta put Toronto in there, they have been playing good this year.

Yeah, a 13-22 record is awesome

Raptors are playing good THIS YEAR(2005 not 2004) They won 4 out of 5 games and tonight they will win again

East
1. Miami
2. Detroit
3. Cleveland
4. Washington
5. Indiana
6. New York
7. Chicago
7. Orlando

West
1. Phoneix
2. Seattle
3. San Antonio
4. Sacramento
5. Dallas
6. Minnesota
7. Houston
8. Lakers

Wow, I can't believe no one put the Grizz in their predicition except for one person Well they will have to prove alot of people wrong again this season

East
1. Miami
2. Detroit
3. Cleveland
4. Washington
5. Indiana
6. New York
7. Orlando
8. Boston

West
1. Phoneix
2. Seattle
3. San Antonio
4. Dallas
5. Sacramento
6. Minnesota
7. Grizzlies
8. Housotn

I forgot all about the Grizzlies

East
1. Miami
2. Detroit
3. Cleveland
4. Washington
5. Indiana
6. New York
7. Chicago
7. Orlando

West
1. Phoneix
2. Seattle
3. San Antonio
4. Sacramento
5. Dallas
6. Minnesota
7. Houston
8. Grizzlies

WEST

1. Phoenix
2. San Antonio
3. Seattle
4. Dallas
5. Sacramento
6. Minnesota
7. Lakers
8. Memphis

EAST

1. Washington
2. Cleveland
3. Toronto (With a BAD record!
4. Miami
5. Pistons
6. Indiana
7. Magic
8. Knicks

1.Miami
2.Cleveland
3.New York
4.Detroit
5.Washington
6.Indiana
7.Magic
8.Chicago

1.Suns
2.Spurs
3.Sonics
4.Mavericks
5.Wolves
6.Sacramento
7.Memphis
8.LA Lakers

As a Raptors fan, we haven't been playing "good", we are a good team at home, but are a lottery team on the road.

Eastern Conference

1. Miami
2. Detroit
3. New York
4. Washington
5. Cleveland
6. Indiana
7. Orlando
8. Chicago

Western Conference

1. Phoenix
2. San Antonio
3. Seattle
4. Dallas
5. Sacrametno
6. Minnesotta
7. Houston
8. Memphis | LA Lakers [Tie]

1. miami
2. cleveland
3. detroit
4. orlando
5. new york
6. philadelphia
7. boston
8. chicago

Yes, the 20-13 Wizards somehow don't even make that playoffs , and they haven't even got to use Etan Thomas and Kwame Brown yes because of injuries.

1. Detroit (just to go against the flow)
2. Miami
3. Cleveland
4. Indiana
5. Washington
6. Orlando
7. New York
8. Philadelphia

West

1. Phoenix
2. San Antonio
3. Sacramento
4. Dallas
5. Seattle
6. Minnesota
7. Lakers
8. Houston

EAST
1. Miami
2. Cleveland
3. Washington
4. Detroit
5. Orlando
6. New York
7. Indiana
8. Chicago

WEST
1. San Antonio
2. Phoenix
3. Sacramento
4. Seattle
5. Dallas
6. Lakers
7. Houston
8. Clippers

Guys division winners get teh 1,2, 3 seeds. Remember that.

West
1. Phoenix
2. San Antonio
3. Seattle
4. Sacremento
5. Dallas
6. Minnesota
7. LA Lakers
8. LA Clippers

East
1. Miami
2. Detroit
3. Boston
4. Washington
5. Cleveland
6. Indiana
7. Orlando
8. New York

East:
1. Miami
2. Cleveland
3. Orlando
4. Washington
5. Detroit
6. Indiana
7. New York
8. Chicago/Boston/Philadelphia

I think those three will battle it out for the eighth seed, with a close finish. I'm still undecided there.

West:
1. Phoenix
2. San Antonio
3. Seattle
4. Sacramento
5. Dallas
6. Lakers
7. Rockets
8. Grizzlies/Timberwolves

I'm not prepared to write off the Timberwolves, even if they have lost 11 of their last 15. But the Grizz have rallied and might be able to inch ahead if the Wolves' slide continues.

i put Minnesota 6th becuase each year they usually manage to string 10 straight wins after the All-Star break. That's something i doubt Lakers or Rockets can do, and then they round into form. I see wolves as high as 5 but not higher.

East:
1. Miami
2. Cleveland
3. Orlando

It's amazing what a draft pick and a few good trades can do.

East:
1. Miami
2. Cleveland
3. Orlando

It's amazing what a draft pick and a few good trades can do.

Eliminated - Nuggets

and its amazing what an overrated PF can do

perhaps an overrated SF?

i doubt the Nuggets would be THIS bad had they still had Lenard. He was their only 3 point shooter.

true....but Im not blaming Melo or K-Mart fully.....I think the Nuggets need a coach now cause Cooper cant run a team with such a variety of personalties......
anyway the Nuggets r targetting Joe Johnson in free agency aswell as a swap using Nene+Others for Super Ray....that should help cure their two guard problems.

East:
1-Miami Heat
2-Washington Wizards
3-Detroit Pistons
4-Cleveland Cavaliers
5-Orlando Magic
6-New York Knicks
7-Indiana Pacers
8-Boston Celtics

West:
1-San Antonio Spurs
2-Phoenix Suns
3-Seattle Supersonics
4-Sacramento Kings
5-Dallas Mavericks
6-Los Angeles Lakers
7-Minnesota Timberwolves
8-Houston Rockets

You gotta put Toronto in there, they have been playing good this year.

Yeah, a 13-22 record is awesome

Raptors are playing good THIS YEAR(2005 not 2004) They won 4 out of 5 games and tonight they will win again

To bad its the 2004/2005 season. Why should they be up there? 13-22 = Elimination so far.

true....but Im not blaming Melo or K-Mart fully.....I think the Nuggets need a coach now cause Cooper cant run a team with such a variety of personalties......
anyway the Nuggets r targetting Joe Johnson in free agency aswell as a swap using Nene+Others for Super Ray....that should help cure their two guard problems.

i doubt Phoenix will let JJ go easily. Secondly, i don't think that Seattle would help a Conference rival out that much. Theres no player on the nuggets that is as good as Allen, so if a deal was going to happen Denver would have to give up 2,3 players to get him.