BTW. My bets on the first round. I made them before the first games - keep that in mind!
SAS, OKC, LAC, HOU
ATL (hell yeah! May be crazy, but I just don't believe in IND), MIA, WSH, BKN

Oh yeah he's out for the remainder, for some reason I thought it was Lee that was out

The West is obviously easier to predict since the top teams were so dominant, but Houston is probably the most likely out of the top 4 to get upset. The East is easily more interesting from an unpredictable point of view.

Atlanta does have a good chance of beating the Pacers if they don't fix up their act. If the Pacers lose to Atlanta they will never be taken seriously again for a long time for having one of the most epic collapses in NBA history.

Miami's got an easy win. Bobcats will most likely be able to steal one but not more.

Washington vs Chicago is easily the best series in the East and the one that can go to 7 games. 

Brooklyn will probably win in 6.

You have a good chance of winning baring any major upsets.

Bogut would have been valuable against the Clippers than Lee. Sucks for them that he got injured so late in the season, especially when people are talking that Mark Jackson might get fired if he doesn't beat the Clippers.

That would be crazy if the fire Jackson but then this is the NBA crazier things have happened and oh the Bulls are getting creamed by the Wiz in the 1st

A lot of playoff teams might fire their coaches. Supposedly Mark Jackson, Kevin Mchale, Scott Brooks, and Frank Vogel are all in danger of losing their jobs if they lose in the first round. At least that's what a lot of NBA analysts are saying.

Agreed, I can see Hou going down.

I was looking forward to seeing Al Jefferson playing like Wilt, but with the injury we no longer know if that's gonna happen :(

WSH-CHI is the best series and rightfully so, since the winner of this series is pretty much guaranteed to go to the Conference finals, considering what's going on in ATL-IND. It's just a question of who they are gonna meet there.

@Bogut - it's such a pity he's no here :( When healthy, Warriors have the same chance of winning the West as anybody. Without him - not so much.

I don't know if the winner is guarenteed. If Atlanta wins then for sure the winner of the CHI-WSH series is definitely going to the Conference Finals. But, if Indiana can win and use that as momentum I can see them going to the Conference Finals. It's a big "if", but it can happen. The NBA playoffs can be unpredicatable at times.

Well Bulls missed the opportunity to close out the game. Its OT time.

I never thought I'd be more wrong about a series like the Bulls vs Wizards. Winning 2 in Chicago is impressive and I doubt Chicago can come back and win this series. The Wizards are too good to lose 4 of the next 5.