Do big market teams get an advantage in the playoffs? It certainly seems so. I was doing some research and found that Ray Allen said the officials in the Bucks-Sixers 2001 series were helping out the Sixers more because the NBA would profit from the bigger market team being in the finals against L.A.

Name the last time a small market team was in the Finals?

Checkout Game 7 of that series:

List of official during the series:

Game 1 Joe Crawford , Terry Durham , Joe Forte philly win
Game 2 Steve Javie, Ron Garretson, Joe Derosa bucks win
Game 3 Don Vaden , Hugh Evans , Bob Delaney bucks win
Game 4 Dick Bavetta , Ted Bernhardt , Dan Crawford philly win
Game 5 Bennett Salvatore , Bernie Fryer , Ronnie Nunn philly win
Game 6 Jack Nies , Eddie F. Rush , Joe Crawford bucks win
Game 7 Hugh Evans, Steve Javie, Dan Crawford philly win