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Something in My Eye
- Jan 12, 2009
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Can somebody please explain to me how the NBA playoff format works? Apparently the Heat are going to play the Pacers in the second round...but the Heat are the 2 seed and the Pacers are the 3 seed. The 8th seed 76ers could finish off the Bulls tonight...why wouldn't they play the lowest seed? And if they lose, why wouldn't they play the winner of the Celtics and Hawks series?
It's slightly different than the NHL playoffs in that the format goes like this:
1st seed vs 8th seed ----vs---- 4th seed vs 5th seed
and
2nd seed vs 7th seed -----vs------ 3rd seed vs 6th seed
I'm assuming so it's not like NHL where the 1st seed ends up playing the 2nd seed in the semi-finals, kicking out a big team early in the play-offs.