If the 8th seed beats the 1st seed in the NBA playoffs, does it inherit the homecourt advantage from then on?
398513
You've obviously got a lot of answers.  But a lot of people think that home court is based on seeding, but it is based on record.  This is relevant especially this year when Dallas will likely get the 4 seed, but would have home court advantage if they play the 2 or 3 seed in the conference championship.  But no, the 8 seed would not inherit home court advantage.
586432
probably not...the home teams wins game 7 in an NBA playoff series almost 80% of the time
333350
The Clippers had a better overall record than the Nuggets during the regular season, so they were given home court advantage. \n\nThe only reason the Nuggets are seeded higher is because they won their division. This is a stupid system that will result in the two best teams in the West playing each other in the 2nd round, and an untimely exit for the Mavs :(
691756
Better Overall Record does not matter (unfortunately), it depends on SEEDING, which also depends on DIVISIONS and CONFERENCES.\n\nTherefore, most of the games will be played in Phoenix though Dallas will have some.\n\nIt doesn't matter because the Dallas Mavericks are not going to advance to the Western Conference Finals, the San Antonio Spurs are and they will secure home-court-advantage.
463926
The NBA has it so that you can still be higher seed, but not have homecourt advantage. The team with the better record will get homecourt advantage, even if the other team has a higher ranking.
1035701
No. Not unless they can learn to play defense. Their all offense style might work in the regular season but when you get to the playoffs it's defense that wins championships. Plus they might not do as well next year with the return of Amare because they're going to have to stop playing small. They're going to have to play more of a slowed down half court offense because of Amare. They won't have as many fast breaks when they play big.
337883
the highest seed faces the lowest seed in the second round.  the next highest seed plays the next lowest seed in the playoffs in the second round.  an good example would be if the 1st seed won in the first round they would face either the the 7th seed if they win against the 2nd seed or the 6th seed if they win against the 3rd seed. another possibility is the 1st seed vs the 4th seed.  now the next highest seed would play the next lowest team in the second round.  an example would be 2nd seed vs the 4th seed or the 2nd seed vs the 5th seed. another possibility would be the 2nd  seed vs the 3rd seed.  anything is possible in the playoffs.
535522
Wong, you're pretty close.  Mob, you're way off.\n\nThe first deciding factor is seed (ranking).  The top seeded team will always have home ice.  When you get to the Stanley Cup Finals, there is a chance of two equally seeded teams meeting up.  If that is the case, it goes to regular season record.  If those are equal, then it goes to total GF (goals for - whoever has more).  If all the planets are aligned and those are equal, then it goes to GA (goals against - whoever has less).  There is one more deciding factor, but I can't remember what it is.\n\nIt doesn't matter at this point in the playoffs - Edmonton will always be the road team.  If it came down to Edmonton and Tampa Bay (8th seed in the East), then it would go to regular season record.
246618
both are important.  the more points a team has in their conference the better they are in the standings. there are 30 teams in two conferences(East and West) and three divisions in both conferences with five teams in them.  out of the fifteen teams the teams with the eight best records are determined by their points they earn.  the team that has the most points out of the fifteen teams in the conference is seeded 1st in the conference.  then the second seed goes to the best team in the second division.  and the third seed is given to the best record in the third division. seeds four through eight are determined by the amount of points the remaining teams in the three divisions have.  as far as playoffs go, the 1st seed plays the 8th seed, 2nd plays the 7th seed, 3rd seed plays the 6th seed and 4th seed plays the 5th seed. then the winner between the 1st seed and the 8th seed plays the winner of the third seed and sixth seed . the winner of the fourth seed and fifth seed plays the winner of the 2nd seed and 7th seed match.  then the two winners of those matchups face each other in the conference finals and the remaining team in the conference plays against the winner of the other conference.  the winner wins the stanley cup.
189541
It is easy to understand, just like many other tournaments. \n\nThe first place team plays the eigth place team. The second place team plays the seventh place team, and so on. The other thing to note are the three divisions in each conference. The three winners of each division (Northeast, Atlantic, Southeast) for the Eastern Conference are automatically seeds 1, 2, and 3 depending on who has the most points. Seeds 4 - 8 are determined by the five next best teams, even if the fourth place team has more points than the division-leading third place, they are still seeded 4th in the playoffs. \n\nAfter the first round, the highest place team left plays the lowest place, the second highest plays the second lowest. For example if teams 1, 3, 5, and 7 are left...team 1 will play 7, team 3 will play 5
200044
No. 1985. Villanova wins the NCAA Tornament and they were an 8th seed. That was wild.
676918
It goes like this:  The teams that don't make the playoffs are considered a "lottery" team, which means they will have the best picks in the upcoming draft.  Some "lottery" teams however, have traded there draft picks for other players and are not part of the "lottery" (Knicks traded there 1st round pick to the Bulls for Eddie Curry).  \nAs for the picks themselves, the NBA uses a ping pong ball system.  The team that has the worst record will get the most amount of balls, the second worst gets the second most and so on, think KENO.  The balls are then chosen randomally to determine who picks first, second, etc. etc.  So even though the team with the worst record has more ping pong balls in the bowl, it doesn't necessarily mean they will choose first, they just have the best CHANCE.  This year Toronto got the first pick, but they did not have the worst record.
993517
No the top 2 teams moves on...everyone in the group plays 3 games...against each other (4 in a group) the 2 with the highest point total advance to a knockout round...then the quarterfinal...semifinals...and then the finals.
255701
No. First of all I see that the rockest are heatlthy but have alot of weaknesses on defense and there offense needs to improve the only team that i believe will make the playoffs is the sacramento Kings because they have a much improved team with Ron Artest.
432406
The only feasible ways to do it are having the #4 and #5 team play in a preliminary round while #1, #2, and #3 all get byes.\n\nThen, #1 would face the winner of #4/5 and #2 would face #3 in the semifinals.\n\nOr, #2 would face #5 and #3 would face #4 in the first round, and the winners of #2/5 and #3/4 would face each other in the semifinals, all while #1 gets a bye straight through to the finals.\n\nThe first option is more equitable.
123470
The higher seed always gets homecourt advantage.
594521
they have the same homecourt. but not the courts.\nspecifically, they have a different courts.\nthe courts they use could easily be disamntled or installed on the floor. prior to each home game.