Sactown Royalty Playoff Prediction Results

(Great diary by louismg, even though it is incredibly embarassing for me. Be sure to join the next prediction thread, and you too can have fame and glory! - TZ)

The Kings didn't win it all - I came to that realization fairly early on... unfortunately. But in late April, as the playoffs were set to begin, we at Sactown Royalty were asked to list our predictions.

Surprsingly, I did a lot better than maybe I should have. Of course, if I put money on it, I'd be toast, as the outcome would no doubt be different...

Let's revisit that thread after assigning a totally arbitrary scoring system!

The rest is inside.

1st round winner = 1 point
Conf. Semifinal winner = 2 points
Conf. Final winner = 4 points
Finals winner = 8 points

BONUS of 1 for each series guessed correctly AND the correct number of games.

On April 22, I wrote:
http://www.sactownroyalty.com/comments/2006/4/22/13572/7468/3#3

Kings over Spurs in 7    (0)
Suns over Lakers in 6    (1)
Mavericks over Grizzlies in 5 (1)
Clippers over Nuggets in 6 (1)
Pistons over Bucks in 4 (1)
Cavs over Wizards in 6 (1 + 1)
Miami over Chicago in 5 (1)
Nets over Pacers in 6 (1 +1)

FIRST ROUND SCORE = 9

Dallas over Kings in 6 (2)
Suns over Clippers in 5 (2)
Pistons over Cavs in 6 (2)
Miami over Nets in 6 (2)

SECOND ROUND SCORE = 8

Dallas over Suns in 7 (4)
Miami over Pistons in 7 (4)

THIRD ROUND SCORE = 8

Miami over Dallas in  6 (8 + 1)

FOURTH ROUND SCORE = 9

Total score... 34. How does that match up to the rest of the thread?

http://www.sactownroyalty.com/story/2006/4/22/13572/7468

TZ writes...

I'll go with KINGS in 7. (0)
Dallas in 6. (1)
Clippers in 4. (1)
Suns in 5. (1)
Pistons in 5. (1 + 1)
Heat in 4.  (1)
Nets in 6. (1 + 1)
Cavs in 7. (1)

FIRST ROUND SCORE = 9

Kings over Dallas in 7. (0)
Clippers over Suns in 6. (0)
Pistons over Cavs in 6. (2)
Heat over Nets in 4. (2)

SECOND ROUND SCORE = 4

Kings over Clippers in 5. (0)
Pistons over Heat in 7. (0)

THIRD ROUND SCORE = 0

Kings over Pistons in 6.

FOURTH ROUND SCORE = 0

Total score... 13.

Other score on the thread:

clutch: 18

Next year, I'm hoping Sactown Royalty will be a lot bigger, so we can set up a real bracket and keep score. I'm just lucky I got the right final participants and games right (Miami over Dallas in 6). In fact, if it wasn't for my blatant homerism in picking Sacramento over San Antonio, I would have gotten every series correct - which is pretty easy considering the lack of major upsets...