Yahoo! Sports · Jul 7, 2020
1 Fix for Every NBA Team Excluded From Restart
The NBA left out eight teams from its scheduled restart at Disney World, and of course it wasn't without controversy.
Rather than allowing for an equal number of teams from each conference as the league's playoff format usually dictates, this year only teams within six games of the eighth and final playoff spots in each conference were allowed to continue playing.
This had the consequence -- intended or otherwise -- of favoring more teams from the Western Conference.
Some cried foul that the league was manipulating its postseason to include superstars such as Zion Williamson of the New Orleans Pelicans and Portland's Damian Lillard.