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Who'da thought Cubby was a post Gasol trade bandwagoner?
Have you actually checked the stats on the 3 middle home games ?
Who'da thought Cubby was a post Gasol trade bandwagoner?
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yes, it helps the lower seed.
in the 2-2-1-1-1 format, the lower seed has to win on the road to take the lead.
In the 2-3-2 one, the lower seed can lead 3-2 without winning a road game, putting all the pressure on the better seed in game 6.
The pressure to win on the road should be on the lower seed, that's the main interest of the RS.
06 Heat too.
but couldn't you just as easily argue the other way? the team with HC holds serve at home, then if they steal one on the road they have TWO chances back home to win it all? and in fact, they could lose all 3 road games and still come back and win the last two at home.
the 2-2-2-1 format would be interesting but i don't know if it's ever been used.
i don't agree. the 2-2-1-1-1 format has two advantages :
- the lower seed has to win a road game to take the lead (see my previoust post) and put the pressure back to the better seed.
- the 7th game is on the court of the higher seed
those 2 conditions are essential. You earn your higher seed after a 82 games RS. The advantage for the better seed is yet rather slim considering you have to battle for so many games to earn it but the 2-2-1-1-1 format seems the one who keep it the most IMO.
way too much travel.
2-3-2 helps the underdogs.
Usually, teams that get to the Finals are pretty damn good and HCA plays a huge part in who wins.
With 3 HCA games in the middle of a series, the underdog can grab the momentum.
The disadvantage is if the underdog loses 1&2, then loses one of the 3 middle ones, they're probably toast cuz the home team has 2 games in a row to close them out.
IMO it hurts the road team tremendously because it makes it so they have to win 3 in a row to win all their home games but I can't think of an example of it playing a huge role in dictating who won a series.
Yessir. The choke was inevitable. Afterall, it is the Duh-las Mavericks/
06 Heat too.
It was enormous for the 05 Pistons. Horry's three in OT of game 5 is the only thing that kept those three road games from being a death sentence for the 05 Spurs le hopes. The Pistons were a completely different team that series once they returned home.
The NBA should either do away with the 2-3-2 format in the Finals or make every series 2-3-2. It has to be hard for teams to adjust to that format when they advance to the Finals. Personally, I don't get it. Why change the format just for one series? In baseball, the LCS and World Series are both 2-3-2.
every series should be best of 3 anyways.
first 2 for top seed...if road team wins one they get to have game 3 at their place.
that would be an awesome setup
Only twice by the home team (DET 2004 MIA 2006), but multiple times by a superior visitor. LA in 2001 and the Pistons in 1990 come to mind. I'm sure there are more.
There was a best of 3 at one time. I think in the late '70s, early '80s.
the advantage is trivial.
both finals teams obviously knows how to win on the road and how to protect home court...thats how they got there.
better team will win the 7 game series in the finals...no matter the format
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