No they don't.... Sometimes it can boil down to who you play in the playoffs... For example what if the Spurs were to match up against a hot team in the playoffs and lose, now the Spurs may have the components to beat the Warriors but for some reason match up very poorly vs this team... Then the Warriors go on to beat the team that beat the Spurs.. Essentially the Warriors would have dodge a bullet, shit like this happens all the time in sports on this planet..The better teams always wins in the NBA. You don't win 4 games unless you are the better team