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8. I think the path to the finals starts earlier than just the playoffs, and the differences can be seen between the two conferences. Lets discuss the Western Conference first. At the top are three teams with 99 points or better: Texas Renegades, Los Angeles Panthers, and San Francisco Pride. I think you can fairly lump the rest of the conference into one of two categories. Either they made the playoffs and are hoping to upset multiple times all the way to the finales. Or they didn’t make the playoffs and are full on tank mode. So for the Panthers, whether their series went 4 games or 7 I think the bigger take away is that there was only ever two teams to consider a true threat in the whole conference. Texas COULD have lucked out if they beat Los Angeles and gotten to skip playing San Francisco altogether but alas it was not meant to be. Let’s also not forget the recent cup victories for Los Angeles and San Francisco, proving these two teams can go the distance.

Tampa on the other hand is in uncharted waters. Before this season, the Barracuda last won a playoff series back in S66! To find themselves with the #1 seed in the east and making the finals is an immense monkey off their back. The East had fairly stiff competition in seed 6 through 1. Tampa did hold a healthy points lead over Philadelphia for the top spot, but facing Philadelphia would be no cake walk.
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