FINAL 2008 NBA PREDICTIONS RESULTS   
  Final   Total  
PREDICTOR 1 2 4 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Tie TB NBA NBA NBA NCAA NCAA NCAA Final
                 TEAM - Bos Det LA SA Orl NO Utah Wash Clev Dal Phx Hou Tor Den Phil Atl Break Miss Score PL Score PL & NBA Place Place
                 WINS - 16 10 14 9 6 7 6 2 7 1 1 2 1 0 2 3
PREDICTIONS
Hamilton, Gerry 1 4 2 3 6 5 7 9 8 12 11 10 13 15 14 16 136 185 1049 1 370.0 12 1419.0 10 Hamilton, Gerry
Hammerstrom, Dick 1 3 2 6 5 4 7 11 8 12 10 9 14 13 15 16 136 184 1041 6 397.0 9 1438.0 6 Hammerstrom, Dick
Henning, Jim 1 4 2 5 12 7 6 15 9 8 3 11 16 10 13 14 136 197 983 13 416.0 5 1399.0 13 Henning, Jim
Hensley, Phil 1 4 3 2 7 5 9 10 6 13 11 8 14 15 12 16 136 186 1044 3 358.5 13 1402.5 12 Hensley, Phil
Manzey, Al 1 4 2 5 6 3 8 13 11 10 14 7 9 12 15 16 136 199 1017 11 405.0 7 1422.0 9 Manzey, Al
Scholl, Bob 2 3 4 1 6 5 7 8 10 9 13 12 15 11 14 16 136 182 1016 12 420.5 3 1436.5 7 Scholl, Bob
Slagle, Jerry 1 3 2 6 5 4 7 11 8 12 10 9 14 13 15 16 136 204 1041 5 416.0 4 1457.0 3 Slagle, Jerry
Slagle, Jim 'Ohio' 1 4 2 5 6 3 7 10 8 13 11 9 12 14 15 16 136 203 1043 4 423.0 2 1466.0 2 Slagle, Jim 'Ohio'
Slagle, Nelson  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 136 185 1036 7 435.0 1 1471.0 1 Slagle, Nelson 
Vasquez, Blake 2 3 1 4 5 6 8 10 7 11 9 12 13 15 14 16 136 209 1045 2 403.8 8 1448.8 4 Vasquez, Blake
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  12 34 23 41 63 48 73 105 84 110 103 99 133 132 142 158   213   10315  
  1.3 3.8 2.6 4.1 7.0 5.3 8.1 11.7 9.3 12.2 11.4 11.0 14.8 14.7 15.8 17.6       1031.5
PREDICTORS PICKING NCAA BUT NOT NBA
Higgins, Rick 1032 8 411 6.0 1442.5 5
Stanley, Bob 1032 8 393 10.0 1424.5 8
Visser, Martin  1032 8 383 11.0 1414.5 11
USING SPREADSHEET Total 5232
Input number of wins on line 5 and get upto date points for each player on the right top side of spreadsheet. Column Avg 402.4
U is total NBA score and column Y is total NCAA/NBA score.  Top portion of spreadsheet are players predictions
and bottom portion is scoring.   Narrative is at the bottom.    
  SCORING
PREDICTOR
Hamilton, Gerry 256 130 210 126 66 84 60 16 63 5 6 14 4 0 6 3 1049 Hamilton, Gerry
Hammerstrom, Dick 256 140 210 99 72 91 60 12 63 5 7 16 3 0 4 3 1041 Hammerstrom, Dick
Henning, Jim 256 130 210 108 30 70 66 4 56 9 14 12 1 0 8 9 983 Henning, Jim
Hensley, Phil 256 130 196 135 60 84 48 14 77 4 6 18 3 0 10 3 1044 Hensley, Phil
Manzey, Al 256 130 210 108 66 98 54 8 42 7 3 20 8 0 4 3 1017 Manzey, Al
Scholl, Bob 240 140 182 144 66 84 60 18 49 8 4 10 2 0 6 3 1016 Scholl, Bob
Slagle, Jerry 256 140 210 99 72 91 60 12 63 5 7 16 3 0 4 3 1041 Slagle, Jerry
Slagle, Jim 'Ohio' 256 130 210 108 66 98 60 14 63 4 6 16 5 0 4 3 1043 Slagle, Jim 'Ohio'
Slagle, Nelson  256 150 196 117 72 77 60 18 56 7 6 10 4 0 4 3 1036 Slagle, Nelson 
Vasquez, Blake 240 140 224 117 72 77 54 14 70 6 8 10 4 0 6 3 1045 Vasquez, Blake
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RESULTS: 1ST ROUND: Lakers over Denver 4-0, New Orleans over Dallas 4-1, San Antonio over Phoenix 4-1,
Orlando over Toronto 4-1, Detroit over Philly 4-2, Cleveland over Wash 4-2, Utah over Houston 4-2, Boston over Atlanta 4-3.
2ND ROUND - Detroit over Orlando 4-2, Lakers over Utah 4-2, Boston over Cleve 4-3 and San Antonio over New Orleans 4-3.
3RD ROUND - LA over San Antonio 4-1 and Boston over Detroit 4-2.  FINALS: Celtics over Lakers 4-2.  Final game 131-82.
             GERRY HAMILTON WINS 2008 NBA PREDICTS, NELSON SLAGLE WINS NCAA/NBA PREDICTS
     Gerry Hamilton defeated Blake Vasquez by 4 points and Phil Hensley by 5 points to win the 2008 NBA predicts.  Six of
ten predictors correctly picked Boston 1st and Lakers 2nd.  Two others had the teams 1-3 and another 2-1.
     Nelson Slagle edged his brother Jim by 5 points and son by 14 points to win the combined NCAA/NBA predictions.  
Nelson also won the NCAA portion of the contest.  Nelson also won the contest in 2001.  Runner up Jim Slagle was
2nd for the 5th time to go along with 5 wins.
           GERRY HAMILTON LEADS BLAKE VASQUEZ BY 2 IN NBA - NELSON CLICHES NCAA/NBA TITLE
      Gerry Hamilton needs 3 wins by Boston in the finals to clinch the NBA prediction title over Blake Vasquez.   Seven of the 
10 predictors picked Boston and LA to meet in the finals with six picking Boston.  Blake was the only one to pick the Lakers.
     Nelson Slagle clinched the NCAA/NBA prediction title as he leads Jim Slagle by 7 points. This is Nelson's 2nd win in NBA/NCCA
 predicts.  Jim Slagles leads with 5 wins.
      PHIL HENSLEY & GERRY HAMILTON LEAD NBA PREDICTS - SLAG LEADS OVERALL AFTER TWO ROUNDS
     Phil Hensley & Gerry Hamilton have 791 points to 788 for Blake Vasquez and 787 for Jim Slagle after two rounds of the NBA  
playoffs.  Five predictors have all four of their top teams in the final 4. 
     In the overall NBA/NCAA predicts Nelson Slagle leads Jim Slagle 1216 to 1210,  Jerry Slagle is 3rd with 1200.  Nelson needs one
victory from Detroit to clinch the title.  
      PHIL HENSLEY & GERRY HAMILTON LEAD NBA PREDICTS - SLAG LEADS OVERALL AFTER ONE ROUND
     Phil Hensley and Gerry Hamilton lead the NBA predicts after one round, but only 4 points separate the top 6 and 8 points
separate the top ten.  Nelson leads the NCAA/NBA predicts by 8 over 2nd place Jim Slagle and by 17 points over 3rd place Jerry Slagle.
Only Jim and 4th place Bob Scholl can catch Nelson.  
DICK HAMMERSTROM WINS NCAA/NBA PREDICTS BY 29 POINTS in 2007
      Dick Hammerstrom won the NCAA and NBA and thus the overall contest also.  Bob Koller and Martin Visser both predicted
San Antonio 1st and Detroit 2nd.  The only other predictor to pick San Antonio was Dick Hammerstrom.  John Baker
predicted the lowest total score in the finals to win that guesstimate.