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Originally Posted by Le Grande Orange
The NBA switched to a best-of-seven first round for the 2002-03 season.
The NHL switched to a best-of-seven first round for the 1986-87 season.
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They also don't have teams that bypass a whole round of playoffs with a bye. MLB's best-of-3 exists because people would cry foul if the highest seeded teams had to wait for a best-of-5 or of-7 to finish. People are already questioning whether to cry foul over a bye and a best-of-3. MLB would need to bump the number of teams making into the playoffs to 16 to make that work. Or go back to 8.