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Originally Posted by Paulie Walnuts
Isn’t this one of the things that Love got a lot of heat for? He took the home games last year ?
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Yes. I believe the Heat/Wranglers are the only team, when given the choice, who have chosen to sacrifice home ice in Game 5 to start the series at home.
To be fair to Love, he did it 4 times in the last two seasons and it worked 3 times, with the team winning the series in less than 5 games.
Last year's Pacific Division Final was the first time it didn't work for him, with the Wranglers losing the series in OT in Game 5 on the road.
Hopefully, the Wranglers win the first two games and the criticism falls on the CV coach (Dan Bylsma BTW) for giving them home ice to start the series.