Should Division Title matter for playoff seeding?

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Last year there was alot of controversy when Portland got the the 4th seed for winning their Division despite having only the 6th best record in the league which led to a first round series between the Clippers and Spurs (both had better records than Portland). As a result Division Winnners no longer get an automatic 4th seed, however Miami still got a huge advantage from winning their division. For anyone who doesn't know, Miami, Atlanta, Boston and Charlotte all finished the season 48-34 and Miami ended up with the 3 seed as the southeastern division winner.

Now as a Celtics fan, I don't really mind not having homecourt and facing Atlanta in the 1st round (even though both Charlotte and Miami are easier matchups for us) but I find it pretty weird that a team we swept the season series against (3-0) wins the tiebreaker over us.

What are your thoughts?

Now as a Celtics fan, I don't really mind not having homecourt and facing Atlanta in the 1st round (even though both Charlotte and Miami are easier matchups for us) but I find it pretty weird that a team we swept the season series against (3-0) wins the tiebreaker over us.

What are your thoughts?

Anonymous · Answer

If you choose to go with Conferences, and Divisions, that needs to be rewarded, if you want a more straight-forward competition, you should either go to a 2-Conference No-Division, or just 1-Leauge, that completely changes the way schedules are made though, so basketball will start looking a lot more European in nature(in Europe they don't do Divisions, and Conferences, just the 1-League).

Should Division Title matter for playoff seeding?

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