Do you like the 2-3-2?

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TheGallopinGoose

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I do not like the NBA Finals' 2-3-2 format. I think having those 3 games in a row overly negates the home-field advantage of the standard 2-2-1-1-1 playoff format.
 
I like it. I think it is good that it minimizes the home court advantage for the finals; especially this year,since Boston had an easier schedule.
 
I'm OK with it, because I know people who went through it in the '80s, and they didn't have to play. Not conducive to quality basketball.
 
I don't understand why they do a 2-3-2, and then give the teams 2 days off in between the first two Boston games.
 
How does this help tv???

I like it. 2-2-1-1-1- I think helps home team more. 2-3-2 is more even IMHO.
 
What exactly is rough about it? You get a day off (or two) between trips and these guys fly in planes that are not exactly Cheapo airlines. It may have been necessary back in the day, but now now. I remember that nobody had ever won the middle 3 games until some team did it fairly recently (may have been the Shaq-Kobe squad), on the road nonetheless.
 
^^^^^^^^^^
I was one that felt this format was unfair but you are correct-only one team, if that, has swept the middle 3 games.
 
I think in a 7-game series, games 5 and 7 are (usually) the most critical. Splitting these up between the teams seems more fair than allowing the same team to have both games.
 
Actually, 2004 Detroit and 2006 Miami both swept the 3 straight home games. They are the only two teams to have done this. I don't know how many teams have swept all 3 on the road, but I know the 2001 Lakers did it.

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I don't understand why the two 3-day breaks are where they are though - they ought to be between games 2 and 3, and then between games 5 and 6.
 
Since they did the switch in 85 the team with the 3 games has only won 5 or 6 series.

Granted, we would expect the team with homecourt to be a little better (after all they did have the most wins- but both teams are in the finals so they should be more or less evenly matched).

That's not how it's played out. Basically, you aren't likely to beat a really good team 3 times in a row at your home, so figuring on a brainfart of some kind in 1 of the homegames that means you have to win 2 games on the road to get it done, which ain't easy.

I think it gives way too big an advantage to the home team. It's not like they've earned it that much. Does anyone really doubt, for example, that if LA played in the eastern conference and Boston in the western that LA would have a better record?

It's way too big a reward, imo.
 
I love it. The 2-3-2 may be one of the best zones ever invented. The key is finding an entire set of zebras that can't count.
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Personally, I like the 2-2-1-1-1 format. I think it adds more intrigue to the final 3 games making it more paramount to win the home games.
 
They're gettin' paid well enough, no matter what the format. Until a team I care about makes the finals, they can play it any way the NBA wants.
 
The pistons and heat might have done that, but the fact of the matter is that 15 of the 20 teams with homecourt advantage have won the series since that format was adopted.

That makes no logical sense, as the disparity is not that great. Just b/c 2 teams did it doesn't mean it's the greatest format, or not more difficult.

Good for the Pistons, good for the heat, but they are what's known as an anomoly, or the exception to the rule.
 
Are the odds of sweeping games 3, 4, and 5 at home any worse than the odds of sweeping games 3, 4, and 6 at home? Yes, it happened 3 times this year, but that's rarely the case and this was definitely an outlier year as far as winning on one's home court goes.
 
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