Was thinking today that this series was just wrong; it should have been ATL vs STL. My point being, maybe they could revamp the format. A division winner gets an automatic bid but not necessarily an automatic seed. The seeds should be determined by W-L record. So in my hypothetical scenario, the seeds would be as follows:
- SF
- LA
- MIL
- ATL/STL
No, not sour grapes - I think SF would beat STL in a best of five, and with little trouble. I actually think it sucks that LA’s season could have ended tonight. I would have had no problem with Atlanta’s season ending tonight.