2019-20 Around the NBA: Archived

[MrGoat]

Dumb question but we seed 1v8, 2v7, 3v6 and 4v5 no matter if you win div right?  I feel dumb for asking

If I'm correct, division winners get home court in the early rounds, regardless of record. Best record gets home court in the next rounds. I could be wrong, in fact, I usually am.

That's how it used to be. They changed that after the 2006 season so now it's based on record.

It was actually the 06 Mavs that was the reason for the change. They won 60 games and had the third best record in the entire league but were the #4 seed behind the #3 seed Nuggets who only won 44 games and had the same number of wins as the #8 seed Kings.