The 2-3-2 format

[baseline bum]

Detroit in 2004 was the last team to win those 3 games.

Miami also did it in 06. Of course Detroit came 1 shot from doing it in 05.

[Josepatches_]

I made this same thread last season....

http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=180587

And I did some stat searching on it. Since 1985, when the 2-3-2 format started, the team with HCA has won 20 out of 27 championships. So the team with HCA statistically has the advantage.

I agree that it's completely stupid to have the 2-2-1-1-1 format for the entire playoffs and then change it for the Finals. Stay consistent.

And 20 of 27 is a very good % of series won by the team with HCA. I would say as good as the classic format if not better taking in consideration only Conference Finals.

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It's just dumb to make it different. The original reasoning doesn't apply anymore.

AFAIK, the current reasoning is that the massive throngs of media that descend on the finals don't want to travel that many times, so changing it might hurt the amount of press attention the Finals get, which could hurt the league's revenues.

As long as the league thinks that doing it this way means , they're not going to change a damn thing.

[Reck]

AFAIK, the current reasoning is that the massive throngs of media that descend on the finals don't want to travel that many times, so changing it might hurt the amount of press attention the Finals get, which could hurt the league's revenues.

As long as the league thinks that doing it this way means , they're not going to change a damn thing.

Outside of ESPN who covers the NBA extensively?

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Outside of ESPN who covers the NBA extensively?

Local papers and TV stations often send people to cover the finals, quite a bit of foreign press, network news shows and cable news stations that don't cover sports day to day, etc.

Same kind of deal as the Super Bowl, except that the Super Bowl is bigger still.