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Posted: Friday April 22, 2005 5:15PM; Updated: Saturday May 7, 2005 8:30PM

NBA PLAYOFFS EXPERTS PICKS

SI.com's NBA gurus pick their winners throughout the playoffs

Chris Ballard	Marty Burns	Ian Thomsen	Jack McCallum
First Round
Heat over Nets Pistons over Sixers Pacers over Celtics Bulls over Wizards Suns over Grizzlies Spurs over Nuggets Kings over Sonics Rockets over Mavs	Heat over Nets Pistons over Sixers Pacers over Celtics Bulls over Wizards Suns over Grizzlies Spurs over Nuggets Kings over Sonics Mavs over Rockets	Heat over Nets Pistons over Sixers Celtics over Pacers Wizards over Bulls Suns over Grizzlies Spurs over Nuggets Kings over Sonics Mavs over Rockets	Heat over Nets Pistons over Sixers Pacers over Celtics Bulls over Wizards Suns over Grizzlies Spurs over Nuggets Kings over Sonics Mavs over Rockets
Second Round
Heat over Bulls Pistons over Pacers Rockets over Suns Spurs over Kings	Heat over Bulls Pistons over Pacers Suns over Mavs Spurs over Kings	Heat over Wizards Pistons over Celtics Mavs over Suns Spurs over Kings	Heat over Bulls Pistons over Pacers Suns over Mavs Spurs over Kings
Conference Finals
Heat over Pistons Spurs over Rockets	Pistons over Heat Spurs over Suns	Pistons over Heat Spurs over Mavs	Pistons over Heat Spurs over Suns
NBA Finals
Spurs over Heat	Spurs over Pistons	Pistons over Spurs	Spurs over Pistons

Chris Mannix	David Aldridge	Paul Forrester	Kelly Dwyer
First Round
Heat over Nets Pistons over Sixers Celtics over Pacers Wizards over Bulls Suns over Grizzlies Nuggets over Spurs Kings over Sonics Mavs over Rockets	Heat over Nets Pistons over Sixers Celtics over Pacers Bulls over Wizards Suns over Grizzlies Spurs over Nuggets Sonics over Kings Mavs over Rockets	Heat over Nets Pistons over Sixers Pacers over Celtics Wizards over Bulls Suns over Grizzlies Spurs over Nuggets Sonics over Kings Rockets over Mavs	Heat over Nets Pistons over Sixers Pacers over Celtics Bulls over Wizards Suns over Grizzlies Spurs over Nuggets Sonics over Kings Mavs over Rockets
Second Round
Heat over Wizards Pistons over Celtics Suns over Mavs Nuggets over Kings	Heat over Bulls Pistons over Celtics Mavs over Suns Spurs over Sonics	Heat over Wizards Pistons over Pacers Rockets over Suns Spurs over Sonics	Heat over Bulls Pistons over Pacers Mavs over Suns Spurs over Sonics
Conference Finals
Heat over Pistons Suns over Nuggets	Pistons over Heat Spurs over Mavs	Pistons over Heat Spurs over Rockets	Pistons over Heat Spurs over Mavs
NBA Finals
Suns over Heat	Spurs over Pistons	Spurs over Pistons	Spurs over Pistons

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