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Originally Posted by octothorp
Interesting change... Not sure whether or not I like it. Basically the teams ranked two and three lose out.
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Why is that? They still get home court in the first round.
My biggest beef with playoff setups that divide by conference/division is you often get the best series earlier in the playoffs, and the 2 teams at the end are the 2 best remaining teams, but the best in one conference vs the best in the other. I realize this doesn't correct the Finals issue, but at least it goes some way to help try and make the better series occur later, and adds more importance to the regular season (so a team that sews up it's division still has a reason to play hard)
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