Its official, the Boston Celtics and the Dallas Mavericks will face off in the NBA Finals.
Home-court advantage plays a serious role in basketball.
This weeks puzzle investigates the role of scheduling in the outcome of the championship.
Could we eliminate home-court advantage if we front-loaded the Mavericks home games?
Did you miss last weeks puzzle?
Check it outhere, and find its solution at the bottom of todays article.
Be careful not to read too far ahead if you havent solved last weeks yet!
What if the series were best-of-101 and the Mavericks hosted the first 50 games?
have a go at solve this without resorting to messy probability calculations.
Ill be back Monday with the answer and a new puzzle.
Do you know a cool puzzle that you think should be featured here?
Answer: Label the blank die with 0, 0, 0, 6, 6, 6.
This solution is unique.
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