Picture the final minute of a Game 7. The visiting quarterback walks up to the line, the noise is deafening, his center can't hear the cadence, and boom—false start. The drive stalls. The home crowd just stole a possession without laying a finger on anyone. That's not superstition, that's physics. Sound waves messing with communication. Home-field advantage shows up in the numbers year after year, in every major sport. Home teams win more in the regular season, and yes, they still win more in the playoffs. Why would that suddenly vanish when the stakes get higher? If anything, the crowd gets louder and more invested. Now, I'll grant you that some teams travel well and some crowds are quiet. But the advantage isn't about every single arena. It's about the structural benefit of sleeping in your own bed, getting the last shot at the rim, and having twelve thousand people on your side when momentum shifts. That's worth a seed. Overrated? It decides games.