Because higher seeds get the first two games at home in the first round, lower seeds rarely survive to game 3. This will give another home game to teams five thru eight and more excitement as more series will need a game three. The 7 and 8 seeds will likely still be swept, because they should be against the top teams in the league. But the 3-6 and 4-5 matchups will be a lot more exciting.

Since they increased to 5 games only about 30 percent of series got to 2-2 and needed a decisive game 5 and only one of the last six. It may mean a few extra games that might draw attention.

But many years, the WNBA champ was head and shoulders above the rest of the league in both the regular season and the playoffs.

I know fever fans were disappointed they did not get a home playoff game this year.

I think it will make the playoffs more competitive and more exciting.