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For as long as I can remember sports fans have been questioning the mysterious 2 – 3 – 2 rule in the play- offs where the team with the better record seemed to get the best playing situation, playing the first 2 games at home as well as the last two. That rule is no more! The playoffs will now look like 2-2-1-1-1. 

Says the AP:

“There certainly was a perception … it was unfair to the team that had the better record, that it was then playing the pivotal Game 5 on the road. So this obviously moves that game back to giving home-court advantage to the team with the better record if it’s a 2-2 series,” Deputy Commissioner Adam Silver said. The vote came during Stern’s final preseason meeting with his board of governors. Owners also voted to add an extra day between Games 6 and 7. The league’s competition committee had recommended the change last month back to 2-2-1-1-1, which was used in all but one finals from 1957 to 1984. The change to the 2-3-2 format was one of the earliest made by Stern, who has often said he was acting on advice – or complaints – about the travel from former Celtics boss Red Auerbach. But with commercial flights long since replaced by charters, teams didn’t have the same difficulties now with the number of trips.

 

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