ESPN Forecast: Updated playoff predictions, Round 2
— -- After six days of Round 2 action, we're all even again.
Each of the four second-round series of the 2015 NBA playoffs stand at 1-1. So, for a second time, we asked our ESPN Forecast panel who would prevail this round.
Not much has changed in the Eastern Conference, where the panel still sees the Atlanta Hawks besting the Washington Wizards and Cleveland Cavaliers topping the Chicago Bulls, both series in seven games.
The West is a bit different. The panel still likes Golden State over Memphis, but they're not as sold on the Warriors coasting to a five-game victory; the Forecast now predicts that series going six games. And despite the loss of Chris Paul for the first two games of the series, we're still seeing the Los Angeles Clippers moving past the Houston Rockets in seven.
How it works: The ESPN Forecast panel predicted each team's likelihood of winning each of the seven potential games and each team's likelihood of winning the series. The top-line "Forecast" is based on a combination of the mean, median and mode of the predictions for each series.