1. 06-13-12 10:12 PM #1
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    NBA should scrap the 2-3-2 finals format

    Go one way the whole way thru. Too much of an advantage for team with first two at home. Playing three in a row at home gets teams too comfy and gives road team an adv. NBA should change this.
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  2. 06-13-12 10:18 PM #2
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    Think it can help the lower seed

    Heat don't win the series in 06 if they don't get to stay for home cooking in gm5 and win in OT with Wade getting 25 throws

    Mavs also benefited last year

    Pistons/Lakers goes at least 6 in 04 if Lakes go back home gm5
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  3. 06-13-12 10:20 PM #3
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    or maybe they should hire new refs that don't have homecourt on their schedules
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  4. 06-13-12 10:25 PM #4
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    its 2-3-2 for travel

    can't do 2-2-1-1-1 in finals. too much travel if its a matchup like LA-Boston
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  5. 06-13-12 10:59 PM #5
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    that's logic doesn't hold. memphis played the clippers in a 2-2-1-1-1.
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  6. 06-13-12 11:00 PM #6
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    Quote Originally Posted by antifoil View Post
    that's logic doesn't hold. memphis played the clippers in a 2-2-1-1-1.

    yea and memphis in a perfect world wouldn't be in the western conf

    its 100% for travel reasons is what the NBA has always said
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  7. 06-13-12 11:02 PM #7
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    yeah and i am saying the nba is full of shit and needs to change the rule.
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  8. 06-13-12 11:03 PM #8
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    Quote Originally Posted by antifoil View Post
    yeah and i am saying the nba is full of shit and needs to change the rule.

    i dont disagree
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  9. 06-13-12 11:03 PM #9
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    Quote Originally Posted by antifoil View Post
    that's logic doesn't hold. memphis played the clippers in a 2-2-1-1-1.
    But it IS the reason the NBA gives for doing it. Memphis is Central Time, so not as bad as East Coast vs. West Coast.
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  10. 06-13-12 11:03 PM #10
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    Too much travel??? What did the New Jersey Devils do against the L.A. Kings??? 2-2-1-1-1
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  11. 06-13-12 11:05 PM #11
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    Quote Originally Posted by TheMoneyShot View Post
    Too much travel??? What did the New Jersey Devils do against the L.A. Kings??? 2-2-1-1-1
    Only the NBA does it.
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  12. 06-13-12 11:12 PM #12
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    i looked it up i thought more of tenn was in the eastern, and i thought memphis was more central in the state.
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  13. 06-13-12 11:15 PM #13
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    The travel excuse could be fixed by adding an extra day off between games. No?
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  14. 06-13-12 11:22 PM #14
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mikail View Post
    The travel excuse could be fixed by adding an extra day off between games. No?
    Apparently, NBA likes playing every 2 days. (middle three games are played within 5 days). Finals have been 2-3-2 forever, changing it would be equivalent to taking Thanksgiving away from Detroit Lions.
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  15. 06-13-12 11:24 PM #15
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    never liked the nba system. needs to change.
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    Quote Originally Posted by B1GER1C828 View Post
    never liked the nba system. needs to change.
    As I implied, it is now more tradition than anything else.
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  17. 06-14-12 12:56 AM #17
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  18. 06-14-12 08:22 AM #18
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    Too much travel?? If thats such a big deal add another off day on travel days...the travel excuse is silly
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  19. 06-14-12 08:27 AM #19
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    This league is hilarious. First round teams were getting 2 days off now only 1. Lol.
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  20. 06-14-12 08:31 AM #20
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    if you have home court advantage and you have not yet lost at home it should be impossible for you to be trailing in the series.
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  21. 06-14-12 08:36 AM #21
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    Agree. Its not like traveling takes long either.

    I can almost fly anywhere in the US in under 4 hours.
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  22. 06-14-12 09:01 AM #22
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    2-3-2 is a crap format. The lower team should never have more home games at any point in any format. If it only goes 5 games Miami will have had home court advantage, unfair.
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  23. 06-14-12 09:59 AM #23
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    baseball does this for lcs and world series, they kinda have to though. i think its insanely dumb for the nba to use this for one series only. the travel reason is bs, the nhl flew the stanley cup back and forth across the country for 5 days.
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  24. 06-14-12 10:03 AM #24
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    Quote Originally Posted by lakerboy View Post
    Go one way the whole way thru. Too much of an advantage for team with first two at home.
    I've heard it the other way.
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  25. 06-14-12 10:56 AM #25
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    it a traveling issue
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  26. 06-14-12 11:05 AM #26
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    Best team will win no matter which format is used. 2-3-2 gives road team a better chance than 2-2-1-1-1.
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  27. 06-14-12 11:09 AM #27
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    if Miami wins Game 2 , they can win the series 4-1 .
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