NBA Playoffs: Predicting Winners For Every Second-Round Series

Our staff picks for Heat-Sixers, Celtics-Bucks, Suns-Mavs and Grizzlies-Warriors.

Round 2! Eight teams remain in the 2022 NBA Playoffs. Who will advance to the conference finals? Here are our staff picks:

Eastern Conference

Heat (1) vs. 76ers (4)

Howard Beck: Heat in 5
John Gonzalez: Sixers in 7
Jarrel Harris: Heat in 6
Chris Herring: Heat in 5
Robin Lundberg: Heat in 6
Chris Mannix: Heat in 6
Rohan Nadkarni: Heat in 5
Ben Pickman: Heat in 6
Michael Pina: Heat in 6
Michael Shapiro: Heat in 6
Elizabeth Swinton: Heat in 6
Jeremy Woo: Heat in 6
Kyle Wood: Heat in 6

Celtics (2) vs. Bucks (3)

Beck: Celtics in 7
Gonzalez: Bucks in 7
Harris: Celtics in 7
Herring: Celtics in 7
Lundberg: Celtics in 6
Mannix: Celtics in 6
Nadkarni: Celtics in 6
Pickman: Celtics in 5
Pina: Celtics in 5
Shapiro: Celtics in 7
Swinton: Celtics in 6
Woo: Celtics in 6
Wood: Celtics in 7

Western Conference

Suns (1) vs. Mavericks (4)

Beck: Suns in 6
Gonzalez: Suns in 6
Harris: Suns in 7
Herring: Suns in 7
Lundberg: Mavericks in 7
Mannix: Suns in 7
Nadkarni: Suns in 6
Pickman: Suns in 6
Pina: Mavericks in 7
Shapiro: Suns in 7
Swinton: Suns 5
Woo: Suns in 6
Wood: Suns in 6

Grizzlies (2) vs. Warriors (3)

Beck: Warriors in 5
Gonzalez: Warriors in 6
Harris: Warriors in 6
Herring: Warriors in 6
Lundberg: Warriors in 5
Mannix: Warriors in 6
Nadkarni: Warriors in 6
Pickman: Warriors in 6
Pina: Warriors in 6
Shapiro: Warriors in 6
Swinton: Warriors in 6
Woo: Warriors in 6
Wood: Grizzlies in 7

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