Not one bit, imo. Seen too many top seeds get wiped off the floor in US sports to think that it does.
I missed this. This is crazy talk. The Warriors and Spurs are without question the two best teams in the NBA this season. If they both lost in Round 1 of the playoffs you would take that to mean they weren't actually the best teams?
Of course.
That's ridiculous. I think I'm done here.
tbf though that's a best of 7, a mini-season, which you'd expect the better team to win much more often than not. Any team can beat any other team in a one-off, which is fine for cups but I wouldn't like to help determine a league winner.