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Recap of the picks. Numbers 4-7 represent how many games a team was predicted to win its series in. 9-12 represent an opponent series win, with "9" being an opponent win in 7 and "12" for an opponent sweep.

	Pistons	Celtics	Knicks	Cavaliers	Thunder	Spurs	Nuggets	Rockets
Jamal Collier	5	5	5	5	4	4	7	7
Zach Kram	6	5	7	5	4	4	5	6
Anthony Slater	5	6	6	6	5	5	7	5
Ramona Shelburne	5	6	5	6	5	7	5	6
Ohm Youngmisuk	5	5	6	6	5	4	7	7
Vincent Goodwill	5	5	6	7	4	5	7	5
Tim Bontemps	5	5	6	6	4	5	7	5
Bobby Marks	5	6	6	5	4	5	6	6
Andre Snellings	6	5	6	5	5	5	9	9
Marc J. Spears	7	5	6	6	5	5	6	6
Tim MacMahon		5	6	6		6	7	6
Dave McMenamin		6	6	6	5	5	7	6
Jerry Bembry			6	6			7	7
Baxter Holmes			6	6			6	6
Eric Moody			6	5			6	5
Michael C. Wright			7	7		5	7	7
Average	5.4	5.3	6.0	5.8	4.5	5.0	6.6	6.2

 

Comparison of series prediction average vs actual result, sorted by most "surprising" to least.

	Avg Prediction	Actual Result	Error
1	Rockets in 6.2	Lakers in 6	3.8
2	Celtics in 5.3	Sixers in 7	3.7
3	Nuggets in 6.6	Timberwolves in 6	3.4
4	Pistons in 5.4	Pistons in 7	1.6
5	Cavaliers in 5.8	Cavaliers in 7	1.2
6	Thunder in 4.5	Thunder in 4	0.5
7	Spurs in 5.0	Spurs in 5	0.0
8	Knicks in 6.0	Knicks in 6	0.0

 

Which writer's predictions were most accurate? This table show's how "wrong" each writers pick was and the average error per pick. Shoutout Andre!

	Pistons	Celtics	Knicks	Cavaliers	Thunder	Spurs	Nuggets	Rockets	Avg Error
Andre Snellings	1	4	0	2	1	0	1	1	1.3
Michael C. Wright			1	0		0	3	3	1.4
Dave McMenamin		3	0	1	1	0	3	4	1.7
Vincent Goodwill	2	4	0	0	0	0	3	5	1.8
Marc J. Spears	0	4	0	1	1	0	4	4	1.8
Jerry Bembry			0	1			3	3	1.8
Anthony Slater	2	3	0	1	1	0	3	5	1.9
Ohm Youngmisuk	2	4	0	1	1	1	3	3	1.9
Tim Bontemps	2	4	0	1	0	0	3	5	1.9
Bobby Marks	2	3	0	2	0	0	4	4	1.9
Jamal Collier	2	4	1	2	0	1	3	3	2.0
Tim MacMahon		4	0	1		1	3	4	2.2
Zach Kram	1	4	1	2	0	1	5	4	2.3
Baxter Holmes			0	1			4	4	2.3
Ramona Shelburne	2	3	1	1	1	2	5	4	2.4
Eric Moody			0	2			4	5	2.8