2-3-2 or 2-2-1-1-1

• thavoice

  What do you prefer in a 7 game series?
  And do you think either one gives a team an advantage?
  
  I always kinda thought the 2-3-2 wasnt too bad for the away team. Split the first two on the road, win 2 of the next three at home, and split on the road again.
• sleeper

  

  22111
• robj55

  

  2-2-1-1-1
• BR1986FB

  8-6-7-5-3-0-9
• like_that

  

  2-2-1-1-1. I think 2-3-2 honestly gives the advantage to the non home court team.
• gorocks99

  

  2-2-1-1-1, for sure. I really don't get why the NBA chooses to go 2-3-2 for the Finals only. If they had it 2-3-2 throughout the playoffs, sure, but only the Finals is dumb to me.
• ts1227

  

  like_that;1204676 wrote:2-2-1-1-1. I think 2-3-2 honestly gives the advantage to the non home court team.

  
  This
• like_that

  

  gorocks99;1204678 wrote:2-2-1-1-1, for sure. I really don't get why the NBA chooses to go 2-3-2 for the Finals only. If they had it 2-3-2 throughout the playoffs, sure, but only the Finals is dumb to me.

  West Coast/East Coast travel is the reason I believe.
• robj55

  

  Would help to know the winners of the NBA finals over the time span of the 2-3-2 format, are they the teams with home court advantage or not?
• gorocks99

  

  like_that;1204684 wrote:West Coast/East Coast travel is the reason I believe.

  Still seems weird that it's not a concern when the Clippers have to travel to Memphis (1,607 miles, two time zone difference), but if they had to go to Chicago (1,744 miles, two time zone difference), look out. I'd just ask for consistency. Heck, make it 2-3-2 the whole time, but don't change it just for the Finals.
• ernest_t_bass

  

  No poll?
• ernest_t_bass

  

  I like 2-2-1-1-1
• ernest_t_bass

  

  like_that;1204684 wrote:West Coast/East Coast travel is the reason I believe.

  If so, that's gay. Not like these franchises can't afford it.
• Hb31187

  

  I like the current format
• sportchampps

  2-2-1-1-1 is the best way
• dlazz

  6-9
• sleeper

  

  They should do a 1-3-3. That would be boss.
• BRF

  

  Garfield 1 - 2323.
  
  That's for you, BR.
  
  To the OP: I like the thread. There are some interesting thoughts.
• Heretic

  

  2-2-1-1-1 is the way to go. As said before, it's utterly stupid that you do that up to the finals and then make it 2-3-2. Regardless of whatever rationalization, it's just stupid.
• queencitybuckeye

  No tougher to win 3, 4, and 5 than it is 3, 4, and 6. Up to two less off days per round is a good thing.
• sleeper

  

  They should just make the entire tournament 2-3-2. Problem solved.
• se-alum

  

  22111
• hoops23

  

  I don't like the 2-3-2.
  
  Homecourt team may never get back to their homecourt under that format and would have played less games at home than the lower seed.
  
  2-2-1-1-1 makes too much sense, I guess. The big problem is, the Finals is the only series that does so... The East/West travel argument doesn't really fly when you have 16 teams doing it to start the playoffs.
• mucalum49

  

  I don't think 2-3-2 is done for the East/West coast reasoning. I had heard it is because of the amount of media coverage and the people that are at each Finals game. Having them travel from city to city twice is a lot more manageable then getting all of these people back and forth several times usually in a 48 hr window.
• GOONx19

  

  The LDS round of baseball this year is back to 2-3 again. Horrible format. The higher seed could be in a 2-0 hole before they even get to play at home.