It does because who are the favorites? Chiefs? Ravens? Saints? Bucs? Bills? Packers? Rams? Seahawks? The only underachieving favorite is really the 49ers.I think using the NFL as a comparison doesn't work
You get one game, one chance. The teams are pretty evenly matched come divisional and conference games. The NFL also has the largest margin of fuck shit that can happen because of antiquated rules. See Rams/saints and the non pass interference call a couple years ago.
For the most part, those teams are relatively healthy for those games as well. Miami wasn't at full strength but that's not a fault of the Lakers.