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May 8, 2020 - New Feature
In the NBA normally the #1 seeds are the ones who win the championships. And it is also likely another #1 seed was runner-up. Grizzled GM Basketball is more in line with this. Should an upset happen it should be a closer series, there may have been injury factors, or there just happens to be more parity that year.
Part of the change is the playoffs are different than the regular season. The best players are going to be thinking less of getting through a long season and more about not getting eliminated. It is going to impact when they rest and how much of the offense goes through them. Team cohesion is probably greater as well.
Also, when reviewing the playoffs I noticed that the ratings of top players might be a little low. So I did make some adjustments particularly in how strong the top players are in both real and fictional leagues.