The No. 1-seeded OKC Thunder will face the No. 8 New Orleans Pelicans in the first round of the NBA playoffs.

Game 1 of the best-of-seven series is set for 8:30 p.m. Sunday (TNT) in Oklahoma City. The Thunder won the regular-season series, 2-1.

Here's a look at expert predictions for the first-round playoff series.

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The Oklahoman

• Jordan Davis, high school reporter: Thunder in 5

• Joel Lorenzi, Thunder beat writer: Thunder in 6

• Justin Martinez, sports trending: Thunder in 5

• Joe Mussatto, columnist: Thunder in 6

• Jeff Patterson, sports editor: Thunder in 5

• Jacob Unruh, deputy sports editor: Thunder in 5

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ESPN

• Kendra Andrews: Thunder in 6

• Jerry Bembry: Thunder in 6

• Tim Bontemps: Thunder in 5

• Israel Gutierrez: Thunder in 7

• Chris Herring: Thunder in 5

• Tim MacMahon: Thunder in 6

• Bobby Marks: Thunder in 5

• Dave McMenamin: Thunder in 6

• Kevin Pelton: Thunder in 6

• Jorge Sedano: Thunder in 6

• Ramona Shelburne: Thunder in 7

• André Snellings: Thunder in 5

• Marc J. Spears: Thunder in 6

• Ohm Youngmisuk: Thunder in 6

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Yahoo Sports

• Dan Devine: Thunder in 5

• Jake Fischer: Thunder in 7

• Vincent Goodwill: Thunder in 5

• Tom Haberstroh: Thunder in 6

• Ben Rohrbach: Thunder in 6

• Dan Titus: Thunder in 5

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Bleacher Report

• Greg Swartz: Thunder in 5

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NBA.com

• Steve Aschburner: Thunder

• Carlos Boozer: Thunder

• Brendan Haywood: Thunder

• Shaquille O'Neal: Thunder

• Shaun Powell: Thunder

• John Schuhmann: Thunder

• Kenny Smith: Thunder

• Steve Smith: Thunder

• Michael C. Wright: Thunder

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The Athletic

• Sam Vecenie: Thunder

• Dave Dufour: Thunder

• Richard Deitsch: Thunder

• Jason Jones: Thunder

• Andrew Schlecht: Thunder

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