Changing the Playoff Format

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ESPN.com - True Hoop - Blog found this 4/28/2008 on www.knickerblogger.net [flag]
If there’s one thing that stuck out in my mind when making my first round picks for ESPN’s Geek Smackdown, it’s that the East largely consisted of lopsided battles while the West had a couple of really close series. All 8 Western teams finished with a winning percentage of .600 or higher, while only 3 [...] [link]

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Monday Bullets
Published 4/28/2008 at ESPN.com - True Hoop - Blog
... What this year's playoffs would be like if teams were seeded without regard to conference. TrueHoop reader Sean emails an interesting twist to that idea: "In my mind, it seems like the main problem teams would have with out-of-conference playoff seeding is the difficulty with flying across country and switching time zones. This is already a little silly with Memphis, New Orleans, and Minnesota (not to mention the Texas teams) sharing a time zone but not a conference with Chicago, Milwaukee, and Indiana. To deal with this problem, if the league were ...

NBA link cram - May 1
Published 5/1/2008 by Cuzzy at Cuzoogle
Bullets Forever - They did a live blog of last night’s Game 5 win. And One - Talks about maintaining mental toughness. Mavs Moneyball - Of course they are blogging about Avery getting canned. KnickerBlogger.net - Thinking the playoffs need a change in format. SonicsCentral - Took time to celebrate their Rookie Of The Year. 3 Shades of Blue - Is taking a ride on the NBA coaching carousel. ...

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