I
may be wrong, but I seem to recall the MLB rules for playoffs have it that teams from the same division cannot play each other in the first round. So far SI.com agrees with me...
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/bas...ing_questions/
and here -
http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/003610.html
Of course, SI.com isn't the authority on such matters. I'll keep looking at anything BUT the CBA. I hate that dang thing