NBA Playoff Predicitions: Eastern Conference Round 1

We've been waiting 82 games for this, and finally the NBA Playoffs are here. So many story lines to be written, so many rivalries to be created, and so many questions to be answered. 
I will be predicting the playoffs round by round with a little bit of reasoning behind each pick.

1. Miami Heat vs. 8. Milwaukee Bucks
I only need one reason to pick the Miami Heat to win this series, and that reason is Lebron James. When you have a single player on your team that is probably better than the opposing 5 starters combined (sorry Ellis, Jennings, Sanders, Ilyasova, and Dunleavy) then you have a great chance at advancing through the first round.
Prediction: Heat in 4

2. New York Knicks vs. 7. Boston Celtics
Carmelo Anthony is on fire. J.R. Smith can light it up when he's in the right frame of mind. This will be a sexy sleeper pick with most people, kind of like the Trail Blazers over the Mavericks in 2011, but Boston is old and running out of time.
IT DON'T MATTER.
Boston will win this. It won't be pretty and it won't be without controversy, but I don't believe in Carmelo Anthony. The only year he managed to get past the first round was with Chauncey Billups at the helm and Raymond Felton/Iman Shumpert are not turning into Chauncey Billups anytime soon. 
Prediction: Boston in 6

Kevin Garnett hasn't given up on his Celtics yet, and either have I.

3. Indiana Pacers vs. 6. Atlanta Hawks
Indiana is a team that has 3 of the top 4 defensive players in the league with Roy Hibbert, David West, and Paul George. Atlanta is a team that has been daydreaming for months about potentially landing Dwight Howard in the off season and not at all interested in the playoffs. This will be the NBA TV series of the first round.
Prediction: Pacers in 5

4. Brooklyn Nets vs. 5. Chicago Bulls
Deron Williams, Joe Johnson, and the artist formerly known as Gerald Wallace will take the floor against Noah, Deng, and (maybe?) D-Rose. I don't like either of these teams chances of advancing past the second round, but someone has to win. I think Tom Thibodeau has the coaching match-up won, and I think the Bulls are pissed off that no one (including me) gives them a shot to do anything in the postseason. 
Prediction: Bulls in 6