The sports world is full of bold predictions by star players, especially when playoff season rolls around. Obviously, with so many predictions being made, some of them are bound to fall flat.That's what happened to Portland point guard Damian Lillard's "Blazers in six" claim before the start of this year's NBA postseason.Of course, as we all now know, Lillard and the Blazers were swept in their first-round series against the Golden State Warriors - a juggernaut that will be tough for any Western Conference team to beat.Lillard's ill-fated prediction can be seen below, where he claims the Blazers will win in six games when asked if the Blazers would win the series in six games or seven games:

To be fair, Lillard wasn't asked who would win the series - he was specifically asked how many games it would take the Blazers to win. Also, he's a competitive athlete, so what was he supposed to do - do the logical thing and pick the Warriors to beat his team?

Still, that didn't stop Lillard from getting roasted on Twitter after Portland's 128-103 loss to the Warriors in Game 4 on Monday night. The star point guard took his fair share of criticism after the sweep, as you can see in the tweets below:

Lillard was hardly to blame for the Blazers' struggles, as he scored a team-high 34 points in the Game 4 loss, 31 points in Game 3, 12 points in Game 2 and 34 points in Game 1.

The simple fact of the matter is that the Warriors were simply a better team, as even Portland coach Terry Stotts admitted to ESPN.com after Monday night's loss:

"They came out really energized, focused. They showed their championship pedigree," Stotts said. "We were slow to react to it and we just couldn't get it going. And we didn't play nearly as well as they needed to and they showed why they're a championship team."

As the Blazers transition into offseason mode, the Warriors will await the winner of the Utah Jazz-Los Angeles Clippers first-round series as they continue their march toward a second NBA title in three years. 

Things didn't work out for the Blazers this postseason, but with three first-round picks in the 2017 NBA Draft this summer, as well as some salary cap room to play with on the free-agent market, the Blazers aren't in a bad position as a franchise.

Though Lillard's "Blazers in six" prediction fell flat this year, there could come a time in the near future when that's not such a crazy claim.