Remind me again why this is beneficial? So let’s say the knicks miss the top 6 by a game, or even home court advantage by the 5th seed etc. IF the nba wants to continue with this they MUST give some sort of reward for the regular season and an edge in the real playoffs, because this feels more like a punishment.
You do understand that each of these games (with the exception of the final game) would need to be played anyway right?
We’re not getting any reward or punishment by playing the Bucks or Celtics. We usually play them 4x a season anyway.
In fact I’m glad that we are getting a lot of difficult games out of the way early so that the team will have a somewhat easier schedule later in the season when they are more tired, etc…
Why are people have such a hard time understanding this, the knicks if they DID NOT make the tournament they would have played the bucks 4 times this year, now they are playing them FIVE if they beat the bucks and the C’s beat the pacers they will play the C’s for count em 5 times compared to 4 times