I hate 1st round 7-game series

[nkdlunch]

By winning 3 in a row the Spurs have proven they are superior than the Nuggets. That's a fact now. So to me this game tonight is unnecessary.

Why the hell did the NBA change the 1st round from 5-game series to 7???

There's more chance of teams reaching next round fatigued and injured.

[Spurminator]

Less of a chance of an upset. I think it's a good thing. Flukes are more likely in 5-game series.

[Jimcs50]

$$$$$$$$$

[Spurminator]

Yeah, that too.

[Spurminator]

I'd like to see them eliminate the first round and take 4 teams from each conference, personally. But that's a pipe dream of a pipe dream.

[ladiesman]

They went to a 7 game series a couple of years ago. The fakers were struggling, and could have been surprised in the first round, so in order to accomodate them, they decided to go to a 7 game series.

ladiesman

[Jimcs50]

It was not a Lakers conspiracy or anything as sinister or menacing as all that.

The NBA was paid major jack by TNT and ESPN and there were too many 3-0 sweeps in 1st rounds and for the networks to make money on just 3 games was impossible.

This extra game or two was the break even benchmark for the networks....that and the extended time of the 1st round, so every game can be on primetime, with few concurrent games.

[CosmicCowboy]

It was not a Lakers conspiracy or anything as sinister or menacing as all that.

The NBA was paid major jack by TNT and ESPN and there were too many 3-0 sweeps in 1st rounds and for the networks to make money on just 3 games was impossible.

This extra game or two was the break even benchmark for the networks....that and the extended time of the 1st round, so every game can be on primetime, with few concurrent games.

Jim...take that rational, logical answer shit OUT of here...it HAS to be a conspiracy to help the Lakers...:lolo

[Jimcs50]

Jim...take that rational, logical answer shit OUT of here...it HAS to be a conspiracy to help the Lakers...:lolo


Sorry man...what must I have been thinking about???

I lost my mind there, thanks for putting me back on track, CC.

:)


Damn Stern and those Lakers screw everything up...just as always.

:spin

[ladiesman]

Man Jim, take a chill pill bro, was just trying to mess with the few fakers that need some basketball during their prolonged off-season...... :hat

ladiesman

[Obstructed_View]

Actually I agree with ladiesman. They changed it in the middle of a year when the Lakers had had a number of injuries and were going to lose home court in the first round, so they changed it to give the Lakers a statistically better chance of winning the series without HCA. It's not really a conspiracy, because nobody tried to keep it secret.

[waly.mg]

The first roung between 1-8, and 2-7, can be finished in 5

But the 3-6 and 4-5 are very different

In the East the 6th Seeed is 3-2, The 4 and 5 are tied
In the West the 3-6 series is finished but the 4-5 series is 3-2

[SPARKY]

Obviously, $. Still, for every potential upset in a short series missed out on there are some pretty good series that are worth 7 games, such as DAL-HOU in the West and CHI-WAS in the East.

[Dre_7]

Too bad it was changed. TMac almost got to taste the 2nd round a few years ago!

[warri0r]

you hate them cause you know we will win 3 in a row.

[nkdlunch]

you hate them cause you know we will win 3 in a row.

:lmao :lmao :lol

[Dre_7]

you hate them cause you know we will win 3 in a row.

Just wondering, are you planing on leaving after the Spurs win this series?

[Leetonidas]

Just wondering, are you planing on leaving after the Spurs win this series?

Took the words outta my mouth. :lol

After we win tonight he'll probably still be here "NUGGETS IN 9!"

[Obstructed_View]

I'm not going to miss Warri0r.

"Hey you were just served a plate of humiliation. How does that feel?"