Forecast: Predicting Game 7 winners, plus who makes the West finals - ESPN

Who will win the two East Game 7s, and who makes it to the Western Conference finals?

Our ESPN Forecast panel predicts Bucks-Celtics, Cavs-Pacers, Jazz-Rockets and Pelicans-Warriors.

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(2) Celtics vs. (7) Bucks

Predictions: How likely is each team to win?

	BOS (%)	MIL (%)
Forecast	59	41
Fans	58	42
BPI	74	26
538	69	31

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Game 7: Saturday | 8:00 p.m. ET, TNT

(4) Cavaliers vs. (5) Pacers

Predictions: How likely is each team to win?

	CLE (%)	IND (%)
Forecast	61	39
Fans	59	41
BPI	63	37
538	64	36

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Game 7: Sunday | 1 p.m. ET, ABC/WatchESPN

(1) Rockets vs. (5) Jazz

Likelihood of winning series

• ESPN Forecast: Rockets 77 percent likely to win; Jazz 23 percent

• Basketball Power Index: Rockets (80 percent)

• Fan panel: Rockets (73 percent)

• 538: Rockets (76 percent)

Predictions: Which team will win?

	Forecast (%)*	BPI (%)	Fans (%)*
HOU in 4	4	14	2
HOU in 5	36	28	41
HOU in 6	48	17	44
HOU in 7	12	21	6
UTA in 4	0	2	0
UTA in 5	0	3	0
UTA in 6	0	9	2
UTA in 7	0	6	5
*Percentage of votes (not likelihood of winning series)

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Game 1: Sunday | 3:30 p.m. ET, ABC/WatchESPN

(2) Warriors vs. (6) Pelicans

Likelihood of winning series

• ESPN Forecast: Warriors 78 percent likely to win; Pelicans 22 percent

• Basketball Power Index: Warriors (87 percent)

• Fan panel: Warriors (74 percent)

• 538: Warriors (60 percent)

Predictions: Which team will win?

	Forecast (%)*	BPI (%)	Fans (%)*
GSW in 4	4	19	2
GSW in 5	24	33	35
GSW in 6	68	18	48
GSW in 7	4	18	9
NOP in 4	0	1	0
NOP in 5	0	2	0
NOP in 6	0	6	4
NOP in 7	0	5	2
*Percentage of votes (not likelihood of winning series)

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Game 1: Saturday | 10:30 p.m. ET, TNT

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