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The NBA Finals could return to a 2-2-1-1-1 format.
The league’s Competition Committee has voted unanimously to recommend the change from the current 2-3-2 system and owners will vote on it next month at their meetings.
“The idea was raised at the Competition Committee and was well-received and the committee ultimately unanimously voted to recommend the change in format,” NBA spokesman Tim Frank said yesterday.
If approved, it hasn’t been decided if the change would begin with the 2014 Finals…
The format was switched beginning in 1985, a recommendation commissioner David Stern has said came in part from former Celtics boss Red Auerbach to reduce the cross-country trips between Boston and Los Angeles.
Reported by the Philadelphia Daily News wire
