(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...