NBA Finals returns to 2-2-1-1-1 format

Yaphet Kotto · Post #1 » by **Yaphet Kotto** » Wed Oct 23, 2013 7:08 pm

Advantage: HEAT!

Yaphet Kotto · Post #2 » by **Yaphet Kotto** » Wed Oct 23, 2013 7:09 pm

Assuming we get hca, no more three nights of hell in San Antonio/OKC/wherever

I never did like the stupid 2-3-2 fomat

G.cracker · Post #3 » by **G.cracker** » Wed Oct 23, 2013 7:40 pm

Heat in 3!

LoveMyHeat · Post #4 » by **LoveMyHeat** » Wed Oct 23, 2013 8:05 pm

whoo hoo!

dr3am · Post #5 » by **dr3am** » Wed Oct 23, 2013 8:37 pm

Awesome news!!! The 2-3-2 format was a joke from the beginning...Thank goodness David Stern is gone

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HeatNation88 · Post #6 » by **HeatNation88** » Wed Oct 23, 2013 8:40 pm

When will this take affect?

TRG · Post #7 » by **TRG** » Wed Oct 23, 2013 9:20 pm

MiamiHeatFan6 wrote:When will this take affect?

Immediately! This season.

krikor · Post #8 » by **krikor** » Wed Oct 23, 2013 9:27 pm

we won 2 titles, under this 2 - 3 - 2 format. is it really good to change it?

HeatNation88 · Post #9 » by **HeatNation88** » Wed Oct 23, 2013 9:30 pm

TRG wrote:
MiamiHeatFan6 wrote:When will this take affect?

Immediately! This season.

Thanks for the heads up.

theFRANCHISE · Post #10 » by **theFRANCHISE** » Wed Oct 23, 2013 9:47 pm

honestly I think the NBA did it to enhance the likeliness of a game 7. Haha are we starting to call this the Miami heat rule since the heat are one of the few teams to win all 3 games (3-4-5) at home?

TRG · Post #11 » by **TRG** » Wed Oct 23, 2013 9:55 pm

krikor wrote:we won 2 titles, under this 2 - 3 - 2 format. is it really good to change it?

Don't care what anyone says... Having both Games 3 and 5 (most crucial games in the Finals IMO) awarded to the team without HCA never made any sense to me.

ifrosty13 · Post #12 » by **ifrosty13** » Wed Oct 23, 2013 10:01 pm

krikor wrote:we won 2 titles, under this 2 - 3 - 2 format. is it really good to change it?

.. we've actually won 3 under that format.

Yaphet Kotto · Post #13 » by **Yaphet Kotto** » Thu Oct 24, 2013 3:23 am

krikor wrote:we won 3 titles, under this 2 - 3 - 2 format. is it really good to change it?

That just means we won three titles the hard way.

Rock Hardy · Post #14 » by **Rock Hardy** » Thu Oct 24, 2013 5:01 am

I liked the 2-3-2. It meant the team from the tougher conference wasn't unfairly penalized. Oh well.

Post #15 » by **DefenseWins** » Thu Oct 24, 2013 5:28 am

Not sure how to feel since the 2-3-2 has been good to us, except for 2011 (though still had a chance with 2 home games back to back). Then with having 3 straight against OKC in our house, the motivation to not go back to OKC was there.

Meh, we'll see what happens.

FlashFlare · Post #16 » by **FlashFlare** » Thu Oct 24, 2013 6:53 am

Who cares...

You should be able to beat anyone anywhere. Just go do your job and win.

We've won 3 championships under this format. 2 of them without HCA.

Boarder Patrol · Post #17 » by **Boarder Patrol** » Tue Oct 29, 2013 3:13 am

You can make the argument for either team that 2-3-2 is bad.

Home team: Have to endure 3 straight road games against the best team in the other conference, likely to go back home down and have to win two straight.

Away: You play four road games, including six and seven if it's a close series and it's HIGHLY unlikely you win 3 straight at home anyway.