With two games in the books for each series in the second round of the NBA playoffs, who will advance to the conference finals? And who is going to win the NBA title?
Here are the results, along with predictions from ESPN's Forecast panel, ESPN's Basketball Power Index (BPI), FiveThirtyEight , PredictWise and a panel of fans.
Conference semifinals (1) Cavaliers VS. (4) Hawks CLE (%) ATL (%) ESPN Forecast 91 8 BPI 88 12 FiveThirtyEight 88 12 PredictWise 96 4 Fan panel 95 5 Cavs lead 3-0
(2) Spurs VS. (3) Thunder SA (%) OKC (%) ESPN Forecast 68 32 BPI 64 36 FiveThirtyEight 62 38 PredictWise 73 27 Fan panel 68 32 Series tied 1-1
(1) Warriors VS. (5) Blazers GSW (%) POR (%) ESPN Forecast 93 07 FiveThirtyEight 97 03 PredictWise 98 02 Fan panel 95 05 Warriors lead 2-0 -- No BPI because it does not account for injuries
(2) Raptors VS. (3) Heat TOR (%) MIA (%) ESPN Forecast 45 55 BPI 55 45 FiveThirtyEight 43 57 PredictWise 44 56 Fan panel 45 55 Series tied 1-1
Conference finals Who wins the East? Forecast (%) CLE 74 MIA 13 TOR 9 ATL 4
Who wins the West? Forecast (%) GSW 55 SAS 32 OKC 12 POR 1
NBA finals Who wins the title? Forecast (%) GSW 46 SAS 26 CLE 20 OKC 6 MIA 1 TOR 1 ATL 0 POR 0
ESPN Forecast and the fan panel predictions were conducted in coordination with Microsoft Research.
