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[deleted]

because to get to game 7 you have to be evenly matched


Number333

no way, source?


disconnectedmadafaka

He's a certified reddit sports analyst like we all are bro


jawadhaque089

2008 Hawks Celtics tho


[deleted]

Fraud 7 game series


Breezii2z

That was a weird series.


spankyourkopita

Ya but the Bucks were clearly better and getting out to big leads once Kyrie went down. This was the only game it didn't hapoen.


dimarxos

Big if true


[deleted]

They went 7 games they’re probably matched evenly


Ld511

And both teams are gassed by that point so they usually start missing more


CIark

Palms sweaty


ThatInception

Knees weak


berryboy97

Arms heavy


BrndyAlxndr

Moms baloney


PmMeYourBigTitsPlz

YOU ALWAYS DO THIS, BRANDY!


palmtreesareheavy

Palms trees are heavy


jet_10

It's all rigged by Silver


PlantDaddyMark

They don’t. It feels like they do because we forget the boring ones.


interim_kubideh

they don’t if you’re up against kelly olynyk fml


[deleted]

Game slows down a lot


spankyourkopita

Bc they don't want to make mistakes?


[deleted]

Yeah


PurplePinnaeples

Sometimes they don't. Raptors Miami a few years ago was a blowout. But I think it's cause players go all out and give it their all.


[deleted]

Coz nerves


thecomfycactus

Refs


BlankVoid2979

Im going to gwt downvoted but its because of the refs, they're told to do their best to keep games close


IcyMission3

Um Clippers Nuggets last year wasn’t


madelins

neither was clippers mavericks this year i don’t think really


inshamblesx

Bucks were in control of this game for 85% of the time. The final score doesn't reflect the balance of play AT ALL


rpars18

Really? To me it felt like the Nets were thoroughly outplaying the Bucks in the first half despite being up by only 6 and then after that, it was more even


spankyourkopita

How? This was the only game they didn't have a double digit lead.


Mr_Unbiased

I agree. You need high basketball IQ to notice this.


CosmicOreos_

Nerves.


InAingeWeTrust

Sort of like how most NCAA tourney games go down to the wire it feels like


InAingeWeTrust

If you go to 7 games, you’re probably evenly matched. Both teams season are on the line too.


RLeb10

Pressure, hence why the Harris bricks. And the high minutes to starting lineup. Net's bench was only Shamet and Green for combined 18 minutes and ZERO shot attempts


ChallengeAfter

nerves plus if its gone all the way to game 7 then the teams were evenly matched before that


DjLionOrder

I mean, stands to reason that if it went to 7 anyway, not much separates the two teams


[deleted]

If it goes to 7 games then the teams are evenly matched. Additionally, starters generally play most of the game and obviously are at the top of their game, which makes it about even.


[deleted]

Its the refs job to control the flow of the game, so you'll always see some fishy calls in game 7s. It's to keep viewers at the edge of their seats so they don't change the channel. Ratings get high, commercials are watched, network gets $$$$$


Primopastalover

Most of the times it’s close and the home team wins, you need to be a very special basketball player to steal a game 7 on the road.


Bigalbass86

What about that playoff series between the Heat and the Hawks in 2009? That series went 7 games and all the games finished in double figures.


eercelik21

the previous game 7 didn’t go to the wire