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If the NBA playoffs were like the NCAA tournament, chances are your brackets would be busted by ... it's No. 3 New York and No. 4 Indiana. Under the current NBA playoff format, which goes back ...

3 vs. 4 — It has happened three previous times, all in the West, and each time the No. 3 seed won the series 4-1 on their way to claiming the NBA title. Those matchups: San Antonio over Utah in 2007, ...