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Originally Posted by Dirkadirkastan
Here's the conventional definition: "Home field advantage is held by the team that could potentially clinch the series without any additional road wins."
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See, we're talking about two different things here. You're dealing in "could potentially" referring to a currently running series and the changes in advantages over the course of that series, and I'm dealing with the past reflection of the results of a series after it has already completed. When you look back at a 2-3-2 series that ended in 5, you notice that the team with the worse record ended up playing more home games in that series. Just the fact that that could happen makes 2-3-2 more dangerous to the team with a better record than a 2-2-1-1-1.