Do home advantage turn into disadvantage? The home team s winning rate has just exceeded 50%, and the home team has only 4 wins and 10 losses in the semi-finals

The Thunder defeated the Nuggets 92-87 away today, chasing the series to 2-2. At the same time, the Pacers defeated the Cavaliers at home, leading 3-1 with a big score and already got the match point.

It is worth mentioning that although the Thunder and the Nuggets tied 2-2 in this round of series, both sides only won one game at home and lost one at home. In addition, the Pacers won at home today, which is the first time that a team has won a game at home in the Eastern Conference semi-finals. The teams who played at home in the previous six games lost.

Both the Cavaliers and the Celtics lost two consecutive games at home and suffered a 0-2-deep down. But in the away game, the Cavaliers and the Celtics both won 20 points in the third game, while the Pacers and Knicks who played at home both lost. It was not until today that the Pacers defeated the Cavaliers at home that they broke the curse of not winning at home.

The situation of the home team is not much better in the West. In addition to the Thunder and the Nuggets, and in the Timberwolves and Warriors, only the Timberwolves won the second home game, and the Timberwolves and Warriors lost at home in the other two games. Since the East and West semi-finals, the home team's total record has only 4 wins and 10 losses, which is indeed a bit unexpected.

Generally speaking, teams playing at home have great advantages and can even determine the outcome of a series to a large extent, so everyone cares about home court advantages. The biggest use of regular season record ranking is to gain home court advantages in the playoffs. However, this season does not seem to have any home advantage, but instead becomes a disadvantage.

is not just the semi-finals stage, but the home team's record in the entire playoffs this season is only 29 wins and 28 losses, and the winning rate is just over 50%. If you keep this level in the future, you will be expected to set the worst home record in the playoffs since 1981.

Thunder, Cavaliers and Celtics are the three teams with the best regular season record this season, all of which have more than 60 wins, so they all have a home advantage in the playoffs. However, the Cavaliers are already behind 1-3, and the Thunder and Celtics are also relatively dangerous, and they may both end up in the semi-finals. In this way, in the division finals, the Knicks, ranked fourth in the West and third in the East, can get a home advantage. Of course, since the home record of this season's playoffs is similar to that of away games, there is no advantage.