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NEW YORK (Ticker) - After the San Antonio Spurs and Dallas Mavericks met in the playoffs a round earlier than they deserved, the NBA decided to do something about it.
The NBA Board of Governors on Wednesday approved several rule changes for the 2006-07 season, including an alteration of its playoff seeding.
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If this were applied to the NHL last year we would have played San Jose in the first round while Nashville would have taken on the Ducks, and in the east it would have been Buf-NYR and NJ-Phi. An interesting idea, I hope it works out for the NBA.