For the owners, the agreement eliminated or softened numerous of the multitude of salary cap exceptions that had permitted the teams to amass large payrolls.
Similarly, the 6th seed faces the group seeded 3rd and the final initially-round series sees teams ranked 4th and 5th take on every other.
More than the weekend, a GameStop retailer in Maryland illustrated the disconnect between the Wall Street hysteria that has sent the company’s stock value to dizzying heights and the video game retailer’s genuine-world struggles.
The climax to a thrilling NBA season gets underway on Thursday, as the Golden State Warriors face off against the Boston Celtics for the greatest prize in basketball.