Top 4 or 8 in each conference make playoffs. Best conference finalist gets a by while the other two battle it out to see who goes to the finals. The problem is
1) it's a bit of a dumb system
2) 4 out of 11 teams qualifying means you'll have teams eliminated from playoff contention very early in the season.
3) 8 out of 11 teams qualifying means that's most games are meaningless.
I guess you can have 6 teams from each conference qualify with some convoluted playoff bracket, but that might be way too much for the casual fan to understand.
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