Pictured: NBA Commissioner Adam Silver.
I have your argument starter pack here to prevent you from having to admit your team actually just sucks.
Bury that notion deep into your subconscious and get ready to spit some facts to all the haters.
It’s not your team that’s the fraud, it’s the league!
Here’s the idea.
Is it a good argument?
That depends how bad your playoff team was.
But that’s how propaganda works.
Adam Silver took over in 2014.
Show you what I mean.
Clearly something happened at the turn of the century - especially with series lasting six games.
Again that depends on how bad your team shat the bed.
Here’s the theory.
Look back at the graphs above.
That is until the pandemic and the fake bubble championship put ratings at the bottom of the sewer.
That’s when the big spike in game 6’s shot up in 2021 and 2022.
You might think this all sounds crazy and conspiratorial.
You might think this is narrative chasing with spurious correlations.
Turns back to the congregation
Now that you’re all buttered up, let’s fucking cook.
I broke the data down in a way you’re able to’t find anywhere else.
I guess you could call this some stratified specific series situation states (SSSSSS).
Data for playoff games from 1984-2022
Cracks knuckles.
The crowd is jacked.
That is… unless they get a call from an unnamed source.
Silver likes the drama of a favorite going down 0-2.
You expect the favorite to comeback and give Silver 6 or 7 games to the series.
Game 4 (1-2) | Higher Seed on Road
This is a pretty big one.
Too much risk in letting them go down 1-3.
Game 5 (1-3) | Lower Seed on Road
No change again.
Sometimes enough is enough.
So actually, the sample size isn’t that bad after all.
Silver came in and doubled that figure.
There’s another smoking gun.
You think this didn’t help the Celtics last night???
So there you go.
Pick from this research as best suits your team’s needs.
Don’t buy it.
You know the truth.
