The NBA playoffs are in full swing. They have been great. The two series going on now, Lakers/Spurs and Celtics/Pistons, are what people wanted. Right now, any of the four teams could realistically win it all. It's great.
Anyway, the point of this post: Why are the NBA playoffs in this 2-2-1-1-1 format, as opposed to a 2-3-2 format? If memory serves, they used to play finals in a 2-3-2 format, didn't they?
First of all, from a practical perspective, the 2-3-2 format saves teams money in travel expenses and builds some momentum in the visiting teams' city for the 3 middle games.
Competitively, if you're the home team, and you should get a big advantage for having the better record, wouldn't you rather have games 6 and 7 at home rather than just game 7? As the higher-ranked team, if you win your first two at home, even if you go 0-3 on the road you can still close it out at home.
Maybe I'm missing something obvious.
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They still do 2-3-2 in the finals, the feeling being that travelling potentially from Miami to Seattle 3 times is just not feasible or cost oeffective.
But for the East only or West only match ups, they feel as if it is more equitable for the better team not to get 3 away games in a row.
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