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Conspiracy?
I've questioned many things about the NBA officiating here, but I still don't think the league controls the outcome of these series, especially as you get closer to the championship. If, according to CT, the purpose of the questionable or non-calls is to equalize teams that aren't close in talent to extend series, it's obviously less necessary at this stage, when teams are close in ability and series are likely to six or seven games. If CT is about a bias toward keeping teams with marquee players in series, it's unnecessary, because you already have that. The last four championships series have only gone six games, and I remember many years in which they didn't go seven (fo,fo,fo), so I don't think there is a bias to extend there. SRU suggests that the league wants the NBA MVP to win the title, but only five of the last fifteen MVPs have also won the championship. Only a very few players ever did it more than once.
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