Who would you rather see win, the best team or the team that gets hot at the right time?

[AAAAAAAAH!]

**** you Al, scissors beats paper beats rock, therefore scissors beats rock. Duh.

[Sava]

You can only beat the opponents you play.

Yes. And two teams compete against each other to determine the best.

If you want to create some sort of free for all sport where all teams play against each other at the same time, go ahead.

[Al B. Sure!]

Yes. And two teams compete against each other to determine the best.

If you want to create some sort of free for all sport where all teams play against each other at the same time, go ahead.

If you want to act like the championship in every league in every sport is some sort of mystical black box where always the #1 and #2 best teams face off and the winner of that game is unequivocally the better team with no considerations for matchups between the two teams, go ahead.

[Sava]

There's only one best team. It's the team that wins the league championship. In sports, the winner is best. Everything else is academic. You can argue what you want until you're blue in the face... it's still just your opinion.