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The TrueHoop Stat Geek Smackown continues.

The leaderboard of the Smackdown has been updated with all of the results from an eventful second round.

Jeffrey Ma lost a lot when the Celtics couldn't manage to win that Game 7 at home. Not only would he have had a nice lead heading into the Conference Finals, but he also happens to be something of a Celtics' supporter.

David Berri, the new overall leader, and John Hollinger, were only too happy to recoup the points Ma won by being the sole expert to predict the Rockets' first-round win. Ma completes the lead pack, just behind Hollinger.

This year, however, we're also running something of a shadow competition, in which we're following three other categories of experts, to see how they compare:

• Various bloggers (as corraled by Matt Moore on Hardwood Paroxysm, who deserves a gold star)
• Professionals from ESPN's Statistics and Information Research team
• Experts from the NBA section of ESPN.com

Everyone gets five points for correctly picking a series winner, and two bonus points if they also correctly pick the number of games. A perfect score for the first round would be seven points for each of eight series, or 56 total points.

Here is a giant leaderboard, with every kind of expert all mixed together. In this contest, it's a blogger who is setting the pace:

67 Kurt Helin, Forum Blue and Gold

65 David Berri, TrueHoop Stat Geek Smackdown

64 Chris Sheridan, ESPN Expert
64 Pete Newmann, ESPN Statistics and Information Research

63 John Hollinger, ESPN Expert/TrueHoop Stat Geek Smackdown
63 David Thorpe, ESPN Expert
63 Natalie Sitto, Need 4 Sheed
63 Bret Lagree, Hoopinion

62 Jeffrey Ma, TrueHoop Stat Geek Smackdown
62 Niall Doherty, Hornets247
62 M. Haubs, The Painted Area

61 Rob Mahoney of the Two Man Game
61 Basketball John, SLCDunk
61 Howie Schwab, ESPN Statistics and Information Research

59 Brett Hainline, Queen City Hoops
59 Josh Tucker, Silver Screen and Roll

58 Henry Abbott, ESPN Expert

57 Corndogg, Hardwood Paroxysm
57 Kevin Pelton, TrueHoop Stat Geek Smackdown

56 Royce Young, Daily Thunder
56 Alok Pattani, ESPN Statistics and Information Research
56 Matt Watson, Detroit Bad Boys

55 Chad Ford, ESPN Expert
55 Chris Broussard, ESPN Expert
55 Stephen Ilardi, TrueHoop Stat Geek Smackdown

54 Jalen Rose, ESPN Expert
54 Neil Paine, TrueHoop Stat Geek Smackdown
54 Brett Pollakoff, NBA FanHouse
54 J.A. Adande, ESPN Expert 
54 Trey, The Blowtorch

51 Henry's Mom, TrueHoop Stat Geek Smackdown
51 Tim Legler, ESPN Expert
51 Jeremy Wagner, Roundball Mining Company
51 Phoenix Stan, Bright Side of the Sun
51 Raphael Garcia, ESPN Statistics and Information Research
51 Tim Varner, 48 Minutes of Hell
51 Marc Stein, ESPN Expert
51 Michael Jackson, ESPN Statistics and Information Research

49 Sandy Weil, TrueHoop Stat Geek Smackdown
49 Paroxi Wife, Hardwood Paroxysm
49 Lisa Brooks, ESPN Statistics and Information Research

47 Ben Q. Rock, Third Quarter Collapse

46 Matt Moore of Hardwood Paroxysm
46 Zach McCann, Orlando Magic Daily

44 Ben York, Deep Purple
44 Michael Schwartz, Valley of the Suns
44 Mike Lynch, ESPN Statistics and Information Research

43 Dan Feldman, Piston Powered

40 Ben Couch, NJNets.com

37 Brian Powell, Awful Announcing

35 Ben Golliver, Blazers Edge