NBA Playoff Landscape: Home Court Doesn't Matter

Front Runner Podcast Collective · May 10, 2025 · 1h 30m · transcript

Summary:

The NBA playoffs have turned basketball convention upside down, with home courts providing little advantage and underdogs dancing on the parquet floors of favorites. What we're witnessing isn't just surprising results—it's a fundamental shift in the league's power dynamics.<br><br>Boston stands as the most shocking example, now down 0-2 to the Knicks after dropping both games at TD Garden. Jason Tatum and Jaylen Brown have gone cold (12-of-48 from deep), while Jalen Brunson and the Villanova Knicks have executed with surgical precision. Without Kristaps Porzingis, who's dealing with…