I always find this thing of two - I think we could say - parallel leagues quite interesting. Am I right in saying that a team from conference plays the teams from their own conference and also some from the other one, but in terms of league position they are only concerned about teams from the same conference? And by the end of the season, if you consider two random teams, they will have both played the same number of games but they will have played slightly different teams? Something that at first hearing always seemed very strange to me, but then you think about it and realise that the aim of the season is purely to get into the play-offs (and get a better draw?) which gives you a little leeway when compared to needing to come first so it is not quite so vital that everyone has precisely the same games. It kinda took me a while to accept that... it still doesn't seem entirely fair.