The NBA would be infinitely more interesting if the playoffs were a single elimination tournament but that's never going to happen due to the amount of money the league would lose. For me, the only sport that should use a 7 game series format is baseball. NBA Basketball was my favorite sport growing up until the late 90's but my interest has dwindled to basically nil. The NBA feels rigged at times and whether it truly is or not, the fact that many people feel this way means the NBA has a problem. They may not care as long as the money keeps rolling in though.


And it may not have been a league wide conspiracy, but that one ref Tim Donaghy years ago was convicted of fixing games or attempting to do so, so it has actually been rigged in recent memory. He claimed the whole league was fixed but you have to take his comments with a grain of salt at this point.

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