Which East teams will be moving past the first round? Our writers make their playoff predictions.

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(1) Celtics vs. (8) Bulls Name CHI BOS Games J.A.

Adande 7 Kevin

Arnovitz 5 Ian

Begley 5 Bradford

Doolittle 5 Jeremias

Engelmann 5 Chad

Ford 4 Chris

Forsberg 6 Nick

Friedell 6 Israel

Gutierrez 6 Tom

Haberstroh 7 Andrew

Han 5 Chris

Haynes 6 Chris

Herring 6 Baxter

Holmes 6 Zach

Lowe 5 Tim

MacMahon 5 Jackie

MacMullan 7 Dave

McMenamin 6 Kevin

Pelton 6 Ramona

Shelburne 6 Marc

Spears 6 Marc

Stein 6 Ethan

Strauss 6 David

Thorpe 5 Justin

Verrier 5 Calvin

Watkins 4 Mike

Wise 5 Michael

Wright

6 Royce

Young 6 Ohm

Youngmisuk 6

(2) Cavaliers vs. (7) Pacers Name IND CLE Games J.A.

Adande 5 Kevin

Arnovitz 5 Ian

Begley 5 Bradford

Doolittle 5 Jeremias

Engelmann 5 Chad

Ford 5 Chris

Forsberg 5 Nick

Friedell 5 Israel

Gutierrez 5 Tom

Haberstroh 6 Andrew

Han 5 Chris

Haynes 6 Chris

Herring 6 Baxter

Holmes 5 Zach

Lowe 5 Tim

MacMahon 6 Jackie

MacMullan 5 Dave

McMenamin 6 Kevin

Pelton 5 Ramona

Shelburne 5 Marc

Spears 6 Marc

Stein 5 Ethan

Strauss 5 David

Thorpe 5 Justin

Verrier 5 Calvin

Watkins 6 Michael

Wright

6 Royce

Young 5 Ohm

Youngmisuk 5

(3) Raptors vs. (6) Bucks Name MIL TOR Games J.A.

Adande 6 Kevin

Arnovitz 7 Ian

Begley 6 Bradford

Doolittle 6 Jeremias

Engelmann 5 Chad

Ford 5 Chris

Forsberg 5 Nick

Friedell 7 Israel

Gutierrez 7 Tom

Haberstroh 6 Andrew

Han 6 Chris

Haynes 4 Chris

Herring 7 Baxter

Holmes 5 Zach

Lowe 6 Tim

MacMahon 6 Jackie

MacMullan 6 Dave

McMenamin 6 Kevin

Pelton 5 Ramona

Shelburne 6 Marc

Spears 6 Marc

Stein 7 Ethan

Strauss 5 David

Thorpe 5 Justin

Verrier 6 Calvin

Watkins 7 Mike

Wise 7 Michael

Wright

6 Royce

Young 6 Ohm

Youngmisuk 7