"Howard Brazee" <howard@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 13 Apr 2007 09:59:12 -0600, "BobInBoulder"
> <binb@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
>>Last year the Clips, a 6th seed, had home court over the Nugs, a 3 seed,
>>because they had a better record. This year Cleveland or Chicago, or
>>whoever finishes as the 5 seed in the east, will have home court over
the
>>4th seed, and Houston, a 5 seed, may have home court over Utah, a 4
seed.
>>I'm pretty sure you are wrong above. Want to put money on it? ;) I
>>understand the new 1-4 seeding system, but having a higher seed does not
>>guarantee HCA. OK, I finally found something on nba.com, under playoff
>>format:
>
> If a higher seed doesn't give "home court advantage", then what *does*
> it give?
Just sets the matchups. So in the case of the 4-5, it really means
absolutely nothing.


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