As far as sports championships go, the NBA finals have slipped in recent years. Good teams and fine atheletes have been undone by playoffs that go on longer than a Russian novel. Throw in shady officiating scandals involving gambling, home-court advantage that goes a little above and beyond and you have a tournament that isn't the best of the major sports. Not to say there haven't been good NBA championships, but the NCAA tournament is a far superior basketball tournament.
