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First Things First

Storytime with Wildes: 3 Reasons Why The NBA Finals Should Be Held on a Neutral Court

First Things First

Fox Sports

Basketball, Football, Sports

4.32.1K Ratings

🗓️ 17 June 2025

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Watch clips on YouTube! Subscribe to the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠FIRST THINGS FIRST YOUTUBE CHANNEL⁠⁠⁠⁠ Kevin Wildes breaks down the three reasons why The NBA Finals should be held on a neutral court for Game 1. He explains potential pushback and cites real life examples of how neutral cites work for other sports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:31.4

hello three reasons why NBA finals should be held on a neutral court.

0:38.2

Probably not for all seven games, but for game one.

0:41.7

So let me just quickly snipe one of the takes.

0:45.5

Why not game seven?

0:46.4

Game seven doesn't work.

0:48.4

Game seven might not be a game seven,

0:50.4

and there's a lot of production that has to go into the neutral court.

0:52.8

I'm not even there yet.

0:54.5

Three reasons why.

0:55.6

Let me get into idea number one.

0:58.1

The first reason why NBA finals, game one, should be on a neutral court.

1:03.9

Buzz.

1:04.7

Buzz and buildup.

1:06.4

One in one A.

1:08.6

Main criticism of this finals has been a lack of buzz, a lack of something.

1:15.0

A lot of people can't put their finger on it.

1:17.6

Maybe it's the small market teams, but not really because they still have the MVP.

1:23.7

Maybe it's the flow of the games where it's always been kind of a 10-point lead, even though game one was awesome.

1:31.2

Maybe this is what the NBA world came in on, NBA fans, Black of Buzz, and they said, you know what's missing.

1:42.4

Signage on the court.

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