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Predicting The 2019 NBA Playoffs – NBA Finals
Jeff Hawkins is an award-winning sportswriter with more than four decades in the industry (print and digital media). A freelance writer/stay-at-home dad since 2008, Hawkins started his career with newspaper stints in Michigan, North Carolina, Florida, Upstate New York and Illinois, where he earned the 2004 APSE first-place award for column writing (under 40,000 circulation). As a beat writer, he covered NASCAR Winston Cup events at NHIS (1999-2003), the NHL's Chicago Blackhawks (2003-06) and the NFL's Carolina Panthers (2011-12). Hawkins penned four youth sports books, including a Michael Jordan biography. Hawkins' main hobbies include mountain bike riding, 5k trail runs at the Whitewater Center in Charlotte, N.C., and live music.
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Basketball Insiders writers and editors weighed in with predictions all throughout the 2019 NBA Playoffs. Here is how they see the 2019 NBA Finals:
2019 NBA Finals
Toronto Raptors vs. Golden State Warriors | |||||||||
| James Blancarte |
Spencer Davies |
Drew Maresca | Jesse Blancarte | Steve Kyler | |||||
|
in 6 Games |
in 5 Games |
in 7 Games |
in 6 Games |
in 6 Games | |||||
2019 NBA Playoffs - CONFERENCE FINALS
Eastern Conference
(1) Milwaukee Bucks vs. (2) Toronto Raptors | |||||||||
| James Blancarte |
Spencer Davies |
Drew Maresca | Jesse Blancarte | Steve Kyler | |||||
|
in 5 Games |
in 6 Games |
in 7 Games |
in 6 Games |
in 7 Games | |||||
Western Conference
(1) Golden State Warriors vs. (3) Portland Trail Blazers | |||||||||
| James Blancarte |
Spencer Davies |
Drew Maresca | Jesse Blancarte | Steve Kyler | |||||
| in 5 Games | in 6 Games | in 6 Games | in 6 Games | in 6 Games | |||||
2019 NBA Playoffs - CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS
Eastern Conference
(1) Milwaukee Bucks vs. (4) Boston Celtics | |||||||||
| James Blancarte |
Spencer Davies |
Drew Maresca | Jesse Blancarte | Steve Kyler | |||||
|
in 6 Games |
in 7 Games |
in 7 Games |
in 6 Games |
in 6 Games | |||||
(2) Toronto Raptors vs. (3) Philadelphia 76ers | |||||||||
| James Blancarte |
Spencer Davies |
Drew Maresca | Jesse Blancarte | Steve Kyler | |||||
|
in 6 Games |
in 6 Games |
in 6 Games |
in 7 Games |
in 7 Games | |||||
Western Conference
(1) Golden State Warriors vs. (4) Houston Rockets | |||||||||
| James Blancarte |
Spencer Davies |
Drew Maresca | Jesse Blancarte | Steve Kyler | |||||
| in 7 Games | in 7 Games | in 7 Games | in 6 Games | in 7 Games | |||||
(2) Denver Nuggets vs. (3) Portland Trail Blazers | |||||||||
| James Blancarte |
Spencer Davies |
Drew Maresca | Jesse Blancarte | Steve Kyler | |||||
|
in 7 Games | in 6 Games |
in 7 Games | in 6 Games | in 6 Games | |||||
2019 NBA Playoffs - First Round
Eastern Conference
(1) Milwaukee Bucks vs. (8) Detroit Pistons | |||||||||
| James Blancarte |
Spencer Davies |
Drew Maresca | Jesse Blancarte | Steve Kyler | |||||
|
in 5 Games |
in 4 Games |
in 4 Games |
in 5 Games |
in 6 Games | |||||
(4) Boston Celtics vs. (5) Indiana Pacers | |||||||||
| James Blancarte |
Spencer Davies |
Drew Maresca | Jesse Blancarte | Steve Kyler | |||||
|
in 6 Games |
in 6 Games |
in 6 Games |
in 7 Games |
in 6 Games | |||||
(3) Philadelphia 76ers vs. (6) Brooklyn Nets | |||||||||
| James Blancarte |
Spencer Davies |
Drew Maresca | Jesse Blancarte | Steve Kyler | |||||
| in 7 Games |
in 7 Games | in 6 Games | in 7 Games | in 6 Games | |||||
(2) Toronto Raptors vs. (7) Orlando Magic | |||||||||
| James Blancarte |
Spencer Davies |
Drew Maresca | Jesse Blancarte | Steve Kyler | |||||
|
in 4 Games |
in 6 Games |
in 5 Games |
in 6 Games |
in 7 Games | |||||
Western Conference
(1) Golden State Warriors vs. (8) LA Clippers | |||||||||
| James Blancarte |
Spencer Davies |
Drew Maresca | Jesse Blancarte | Steve Kyler | |||||
| in 5 Games | in 6 Games | in 5 Games | in 6 Games | in 5 Games | |||||
(4) Houston Rockets vs. (5) Utah Jazz | |||||||||
| James Blancarte |
Spencer Davies |
Drew Maresca | Jesse Blancarte | Steve Kyler | |||||
| in 7 Games | in 7 Games | in 7 Games | in 6 Games | in 7 Games | (3) Portland Trail Blazers vs. (6) Oklahoma City Thunder | ||||
| James Blancarte |
Spencer Davies |
Drew Maresca | Jesse Blancarte | Steve Kyler | |||||
| in 5 Games | in 5 Games | in 7 Games | in 6 Games | in 7 Games | |||||
(2) Denver Nuggets vs. (7) San Antonio Spurs | |||||||||
| James Blancarte |
Spencer Davies |
Drew Maresca | Jesse Blancarte | Steve Kyler | |||||
|
in 7 Games |
in 6 Games |
in 7 Games |
in 6 Games |
in 6 Games | |||||
Picks will be updated for each round of the post-season all the way to and through the NBA Finals.
