The NBA is a fantastic league, and every NBA Playoffs is more than just a competition between the best teams - but a spectacle. It's where heroes are made, and storylines are written into the big book of basketball history. Strategy goes up against defensive breakdowns. Star players go up against systems meant to thwart them. Road teams look to quiet the crowd, and the home team game operations staff want the busywork of having to stay after the game and clean up balloons and confetti hours after the final buzzer. Through all the excitement there's sadly only one winner.