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PER Diem: April 17, 2009

By John Hollinger
ESPN.com

Friday, April 17, 2009

The playoffs start on Saturday, so it's time to set the computers spinning and get down to the nitty-gritty. Thus, a bit of a double feature: I'm giving you who I'm picking and why, and will also tell you what our Playoff Odds tool thinks. We had it play out the postseason 5,000 times, and based on each team's final Hollinger Power Ranking and accounting for home-court advantage, it reported back to us. We put our thumb on the scale only once, adjusting Boston's Power Ranking down to 103.4 ...

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