"Nostradamus: First-Round"

When the playoffs roll around it's always fun to join those brackets where you predict the winners of each round(and in how many games) and compete with the world. Of course, I am a basketball God, and many people have called me the "Nostradamus of the NBA". Wait, my mistake, they usually call me the "NostraDumbass of the NBA". Big difference. Either way, I make predictions and sometimes I get lucky.

Nostradumbass would spend more time writing, observing, and analyzing each matchup, but the playoffs start tomorrow and he is a perfectionist. Either he writes an entire report for each matchup(which takes hours for each one), or he goes with his genius gut that always gives him the correct answers. Simply put, Brandon Roy hit that amazing fadeaway buzzer-beating three-pointer in overtime against the Rockets earlier this season. This is a sign that the Blazers will beat the Rockets in clutch situations, and as a result the Blazers will win the series in 6 games. Nostradumbass ignores the statements of "the Blazers are too young and inexperienced" because he already knows how these young players will perform under pressure in clutch situations. This is all you need to know about Nostradumbass for now. So let's move on to the first round predictions:

WEST:

• Lakers vs Jazz: Lakers in 6(could be 5, but Jazz love their home-court)
• Nuggets vs Hornets: Hornets in 7(Chris Paul saves his best for the playoffs)
  
• Blazers vs Rockets: Blazers in 6(Portland loves home-court)
• Spurs vs Mavericks: Spurs in 7(as much as I like the Mavs, it's an odd year)

EAST

• Cavaliers vs. Pistons: Cavs in 5(I just don't see it for the Pistons)
• Celtics vs. Bulls: Celtics in 6(without KG this could be competitive)
• Magic vs Sixers: Magic in 6(Magic are still somehow sleepers; ECF)
  
• Hawks vs Heat: Heat in 7(great series, Wade will prevail)

There we have it. Notradumbass has struck again and will likely get a score of 100%. He is never wrong. He enjoys writing in 3rd person. He enjoys keeping it simple with his predictions. He has no reason to explain his answers, because he is the official "Nostradumbass of the NBA".