The Miami Heat had to fight through the play-in tournament to reach this year's postseason and now hold a 1-0 lead over the Boston Celtics in the Eastern Conference Finals.
Consider Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra a big fan of that particular innovation by the NBA.
"I do know the play-in helped," he told reporters Thursday. "There are far less teams tanking. Everyone was fighting for it those last two months. Every game was must-see TV and that was in both conferences. So I think [for] the league, that's probably the best thing that's happened in the last decade.