NBA Playoff dullness...

Two games, travel day, three games, travel day, two games?

How often do NBA teams play on three consecutive days during the regular season?

 

The NBA is very easily ignored. Try it -- it's exhilarating.

 

In the 1980s, several of the Celtics-76ers Eastern Conference finals had back-to-back games on Saturday and Sunday afternoons because that's the only time the network would them on the air.
I'm tempted to say Game 3 of Miami-Chicago has been delayed because of script problems.

 

OK, give them 10 if you want, but really, this isn't an Over-40 rec league. They're young enough to play three days in a row.

 

I thought it was because the Lakers had a midseason swoon that year that made them look a little vulnerable?

 

"Ignore the NBA! It's Fan-tastic!"

 

The original poster's complaint is like the old Woody Allen line about complaining about an awful restaurant -- and the portions were so small!

 

LongTime, somewhere, at some time in this world, you and I could have had this very discussion over beers. I have a friend who's deeply involved in the NBA and, other than rooting for him to succeed, I loathe the NBA for all the reasons listed above.

I used to watch the NBA in the early '80s when they showed a delayed game at 11:30 p.m. on the West Coast. It always involved friends and a bevy of beverages and, whoa! the hoops was simply the best: Fast breaks, lots of passing, body-up D, three or four people crashing the boards, a hand in the face when a guy was taking a 20-footer ... just great ball. Then it all went south - right there with pro wrestling - in the mid '90s IMO.

The Kings-Lakers joke. Iverson taking five steps on his way to the rack (which ESPN later praises as a highlight), Nash shifting his feet several times after picking up his dribble before finally making a pass (which ESPN later praises as a highlight), calling a foul on the Laker nearest Kobe so the superstar avoids foul trouble and, thus, stays on the floor, walking up and down the floor, four people standing around during entire possessions while the fifth guy plays one on five, no one crashing the boards, crappy shooting despite the fact defense is near non-existent.

So, to answer the original question in this post: The gap between games doesn't bother me in the least because I don't watch the NBA.

 

Which is obvious, given your post's ignorance of the realities of today's league.

 

Ahhh, an NBA fan. Well, we're both entitled to our opinions now, aren't we?

 

Agree that the playoffs should be more of an endurance test. Teams could easily go back to back in the same city, throw in the long and frequent timeouts and I don't think even I would be winded.

 

With the Lakers, Spurs and Celtics all on the golf course ... these NBA conference finals have been anything but dullness.