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I actually like the weirdness, especially because i'm a Pacers fan, but it needs some work. It's just..... so completely random. Teams will be in or out based on either point differential, which has never meant a thing in the NBA, or by head to head tiebreakers in which one team, ya know.... got home court advantage. There are 9 teams with 10+ wins and within 2 games of the best record in the NBA, and if the Bucks lose in Miami we could be looking at only 2 of them making the tournament. My Pacers are in, the Nets have a great chance, and either the Pelicans or Rockets will be in. The Lakers are 6-7 outside these games and they're in. The structure was basically taken from soccer, it's exactly how the world cup is played, only these games are seemingly random and otherwise unimportant games taken out of parts of the early regular season. The fans of the teams in the championship game will love it, but i can't see fans embracing it long term without changes. The championship game means nothing in terms of the 2023-24 season too. If they held the entire thing mid-season, with consecutive games, and a tweaked seeding system, it would make SO much more sense. Just have it every December or January, or right before the all-star break, and play 8-10 games. Maybe guarantee the winner home court in the 1st round of the playoffs. Or just guarantee a SPOT in the playoffs. THAT would be great.