Predicting the NBA Playoffs using data

As a basketball fan, I’ve made my share of gut calls. Here, I turn that instinct into a framework that blends intuition with data/ML. Starting from baseline team strength, experience, and matchup fundamentals, I compute series-wise predictions and simulate the bracket to get round-by-round probabilities and a championship verdict. You’ll see the inputs, the blind spots, and where the model expects chaos—a sober counterweight to hype and hot takes.