ESPN Forecast: Predicting Round 1 of the playoffs

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Who will advance to the second round of the NBA playoffs? We polled the ESPN Forecast panel of experts and a panel of fans.

Here are the results, along with predictions from ESPN's Basketball Power Index (BPI), FiveThirtyEight and PredictWise.

(2) Raptors VS. (7) Pacers

	TOR (%)	IND (%)
ESPN Forecast	75	25
BPI	72	28
FiveThirtyEight	82	18
PredictWise	74	26
Fan panel	75	25

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(1) Warriors VS. (8) Rockets

	GSW (%)	HOU (%)
ESPN Forecast	97	03
BPI	96	04
FiveThirtyEight	95	05
PredictWise	98	02
Fan panel	98	02

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(4) Hawks VS. (5) Celtics

	ATL (%)	BOS (%)
ESPN Forecast	52	48
BPI	60	40
FiveThirtyEight	61	39
PredictWise	60	40
Fan panel	55	45

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(3) Thunder VS. (6) Mavericks

	OKC (%)	DAL (%)
ESPN Forecast	85	15
BPI	93	07
FiveThirtyEight	87	13
PredictWise	96	04
Fan panel	89	11

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(1) Cavaliers VS. (8) Pistons

	CLE (%)	DET (%)
ESPN Forecast	90	10
BPI	87	13
FiveThirtyEight	86	14
PredictWise	93	07
Fan panel	90	10

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(3) Heat VS. (6) Hornets

	MIA (%)	CHA (%)
ESPN Forecast	60	40
BPI	55	45
FiveThirtyEight	51	49
PredictWise	60	40
Fan panel	60	40

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(2) Spurs VS. (7) Grizzlies

	SAS (%)	MEM (%)
ESPN Forecast	96	04
BPI	98	02
FiveThirtyEight	98	02
PredictWise	99	01
Fan panel	98	02

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(4) Clippers VS. (5) Blazers

	LAC (%)	POR (%)
ESPN Forecast	70	30
BPI	82	18
FiveThirtyEight	69	31
PredictWise	79	21
Fan panel	70	30

ESPN Forecast and the fan panel predictions were conducted in coordination with Microsoft Research.