1/8: Buffalo (Sorry Scribbles, Dunleavy and Kaman, with their injuries are too much of a question mark here for me)
2/7: Portland (The starting fives are comparable - in fact, GS has the edge here in my opinion - but Portland's 8 man rotation and better defense is too much to overcome. GS takes a few games in the series and it goes to 6 or 7, and is probably the most fun team to watch in the West)
3/6: Dallas (An interesting mix of youth and veterans on both sides. Tough call. The Mavs could be great or self destruct with that combination of players, but since I have no evidence that they'd be disfunctional, I've got to go with their talent in a 7 game series)
4/5: Seattle (IP, if you had a better first big off the bench, this series would have been yours. Two very evenly matched and well put together squads here. Sonics in 7)
Ugh, all favorites...I am lame.