The NBA regular season ranking is a waste, the home advantage of the playoffs is not big, the competition system is beneficial to the following

Timberwolves reversed the Warriors 102-97 away and led 2-1 with a big score;

Celtics beat the Knicks 115-93 away, catching up to 1-2 with a big score.

At present, the NBA playoffs have reached the third game in the second round, with a total of 55 games being played, of which the home team won 28 games and the away team won 27 games. In fact, the home advantage is no longer obvious, which is why many teams do not care about rankings at the end of the regular season.

Compared to the advantage of one more home court, it is actually more beneficial to choose the right opponent.

There are two or less grams in the first round of this season, and two or less grams in the first round of last season. In the 2022-2023 season, there are even four or less grams in the first round of last season.

Originally, the first round of duels was when the gap was the biggest, and in this case, the following draws often appeared, which is enough to show that home court advantage is becoming less and less important.

There are two main reasons for this situation:

, one is a transient reason. Although the ranking gap in the regular season is large, the strength gap between the two teams that may be matched is not large. For example, this season's Rockets VS Warriors, Lakers VS Timberwolves, seem to have a big gap in rankings, but in fact, the difference in winning games is not big, and everyone's strength is very close.

But this is temporary, and this year may not be there next year.

The second is the reason for the development of the NBA. In the current NBA, it focuses on offense and defense, three-pointers and mid-range shots, so the game is very unstable, and it is often scored 130 points and a big reversal of 20 points. Once one side feels, the other side doesn't know how to defend. Once one side feels bad, there is no other way at all. It's just a matter of looking at the sky.

In this case, the current playoff schedule is not conducive to the home team, but is beneficial to the following team.

Taking this season as an example, the Lakers VS Timberwolves, the Lakers have a home advantage, and they will play two home games first. Due to the close strength of both sides, it will be difficult for the Lakers to defend two home games. Once they lose 1 home game, they will fall into a passive position. In the first two games, the pressure on the home team was much greater than that on the away team.

Similarly, the Rockets VS Warriors, the Rockets are young and inexperienced, and the home advantage of the first two home courts is not enough to make up for the lack of experience. Basically, it is inevitable to lose 1 home court. In this case, the Rockets are better off playing 2 away games first, adapting and then returning to the home court. In the NBA before

, the finals system was even more exaggerated, 2-3-2, playing 2-3-2, playing 2 home games first, and then playing 3 away games. This system arrangement is beneficial to the away team. Even if they lose both away games, they will win three games in a row when they return to home games, but instead they will be the first to get the match point. For example, the Heat vs. Mavericks in the 2005-2006 season, this situation occurred.

The Mavericks 2-0 at home, but the Heat, who returned to the home court, won three consecutive games and came to the Mavericks' home court with a score of 3-2. Although it was a away game, they had the game point in hand and had a psychological advantage. They finally defeated the Mavericks 4-2 and reversed to win the championship.

And if you lose 1 at 2 home games, you may not even be able to come back. For example, in the 2009-2010 season, the Lakers lost 1 home game. If Fisher hadn't exploded in the fourth quarter of the third game, the Lakers might have been unable to return to Los Angeles.

Later, in order to avoid this situation, the finals were also changed to a 2-2-1-1-1 competition system.

Nowadays, with the change of playing style, the 2-2-1-1-1 game system in the playoffs may not necessarily be beneficial to the home team. No wonder so many teams don’t care about home advantage at all and just want to pick opponents.

The following are the following situations in recent seasons:

This season (not finished), 2;

2023-2024 season, 5;

2022-2023 season, 6.