Home court advantage slowly becoming a thing of the past?

[Hey Yo]

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Wonder why this is?

http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/12241619/home-court-advantage-decline

[IncarceratedBob]

Teams with .55% win record win 68% of their home games.

Your numbers are skewered by bad teams losing at home.

[GreggPopazit]

Probably more scrutiny over reffing.

[AnaheimLakers24]

Garbage east teams making record look worse than it is

[warriorfan]

HCA is huge, always was always will

[AboutBuckets]

Teams with .55% win record win 68% of their home games.

Your numbers are skewered by bad teams losing at home.

One of your more reasonable posts, logic checks out

[FreezingTsmoove]

Take out garbage east teams then re evaluate

[tmacattack33]

Player movement.

Older players used to stick to one or two teams their whole career, so playing at home really was an advantage since they were more comfortable with the court, arena, arena procedures, city, fans, etc.


Also, flying is probably less stressful now with laptops and phones that can help you pass the time.

[Nikola_]

crowds are turrible

[Sarcastic]

It matters a lot in game 7's. It's a damn near lock.

Who cares about regular season?

[ClipperRevival]

HCA is not about where you play games 1-6, but where you play game 7.

As a Laker fan, I am telling you right now, had game 7 in 2010 been in Boston, we would've lost.

[Bobcats2013]

HCA matters in the playoffs.

[Nuff Said]

Teams with .55% win record win 68% of their home games.

Your numbers are skewered by bad teams losing at home.
Wouldn't really good teams also influence the numbers then? So the bad teams negate the good teams.

[bagelred]

HCA is huge, always was always will

Except when the statistics say differently. Do you always spout meaningless platitudes?

[ClipperRevival]

Someone find the numbers for game 7 win/loss pct for home teams. I bet you it's close to 80%.

[PejaTheSerbSnip]

Wouldn't really good teams also influence the numbers then? So the bad teams negate the good teams.

Actually what Bob is saying makes a lot of sense.

Crappy teams have don't have the same turnout at their home games. Ergo, the discrepancy between a good teams w-l records at home and on the road is a better gauge.

[gts]

probably a combination of several things, some mentioned above

I'll add travel is also easier now, chartered planes, nicer accommodations, better facilities away from home, better training techniques/staff... visiting teams don't have it as rough as they used to...