ESPN writers pick Clippers in first round

Robert Hanashiro-USA TODAY SportsTwenty-one of ESPN's NBA writers made their formal predictions for the Clippers-Blazers' first round series. Of the group, only one picked the Blazers. Last year, however, it was the Clippers who proved the writers wrong. Can they make them right this year?

With the Clippers - Blazers first round series set to start on Sunday, the writers of ESPN placed their bets on what the outcome will be (well, they made their predictions at least).

Only one writer, Israel Gutierrez, was brave enough to pick the fifth seed Trail Brazers. He was not, however, the only writer to suggest that the Blazers would not go down easily. As Casey Holdahl's tweet notes, seven writers…