As the NBA playoffs march onward, fans and analysts alike are hard at work, breaking down film, stat crunching, and theorizing to find a way to predict the outcomes of each series. The eternal question: will the lower seed be able to steal a game on the higher seed’s home court?. Teams battle for 82 games not just to earn a good draw, but to play that critical extra contest in front of a friendly crowd.
As of the writing of this article, home teams are a combined 36-11 in the 2018 NBA Playoffs. That is a ridiculously convincing number.