East predictions: Experts' picks for Round 1

Apr 14, 2017, 12:30 PM ET

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

(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

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

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

Name	ATL	WAS	Games
J.A. Adande			6
Kevin Arnovitz			6
Ian Begley			6
Bradford Doolittle			7
Jeremias Engelmann			5
Chad Ford			5
Chris Forsberg			7
Nick Friedell			7
Israel Gutierrez			6
Tom Haberstroh			6
Andrew Han			5
Chris Haynes			7
Chris Herring			5
Baxter Holmes			6
Zach Lowe			5
Tim MacMahon			5
Jackie MacMullan			7
Dave McMenamin			5
Kevin Pelton			7
Ramona Shelburne			7
Marc Spears			6
Ethan Strauss			6
Marc Stein			6
David Thorpe			5
Justin Verrier			5
Calvin Watkins			6
Mike Wise			6
Michael Wright			6
Royce Young			6
Ohm Youngmisuk			6