NBA Playoff dullness...

[Bruisin Bastards]

So why does the NBA have to rest the Bulls/Heat series till Sunday?!? Mavs/Thunder are scheduled to play tomorrow before them. Why David Stern, why?!? Why must you drag out the playoffs!! It's the playoffs!! Back to back games wouldn't even be a bad idea when it's the beginning of the home stand!! I want to see the team who can muster up the energy to play a back to back game to really see who has the championship drive. Make them face some real challenges since it is THE PLAYOFFS! Having the series drag on with multiple off days takes away from the excitement and the spirit of playoff action.

 

[Bruisin Bastards]

This is why college hoops beats NBA in a no contest decision on which is better...by a landslide.

 

[LongTimeListener]

Friday is the worst night for TV ratings. End of story.

 

[bigpern23]

Friday is the worst night for TV ratings. End of story.

YES!

 

[Bruisin Bastards]

Okay Friday aside, since that's all you got from my argument, why don't we see back to back games at the beginning of homestands? I wasn't just pissed about today having no basketball, I'm pissed that the NBA playoffs drag on with off days that aren't needed when you have two home games in a row. Doesn't anyone else think it's ridiculous how long the playoffs go on for?

 

[LongTimeListener]

Okay Friday aside, since that's all you got from my argument, why don't we see back to back games at the beginning of homestands? I wasn't just pissed about today having no basketball, I'm pissed that the NBA playoffs drag on with off days that aren't needed when you have two home games in a row. Doesn't anyone else think it's ridiculous how long the playoffs go on for?

Yes. That's a big reason I don't bother to watch other than when I'm channel surfing and a game happens to be on. Well, that and the fact that the league is a rigged sham that is two steps above professional wrestling.

 

[Bruisin Bastards]

Was told by friend that there's no game tonight because Oprah has the stadium. If that's true the NBA loses bad. Queen Oprah trumping playoffs.

 

[TheSportsPredictor]

Just wait until next season when you'll be waiting 365 days in between games.

 

[bigpern23]

A seven-game series should take no longer than 11 days to complete. Game 1, G2, travel day, G3, G4, travel day, G5, travel day, G6, travel day, G7.

If it's a 2-3-2 format it shouldn't be any longer than nine days.

 

[HanSenSE]

The biggest reason is our TV pals: ABC doesn't want The Finals to begin until after May sweeps. They still seem longer than usual this year. Maybe cut the first round or two to best-of-five?

 

[LongTimeListener]

The biggest reason is our TV pals: ABC doesn't want The Finals to begin until after May sweeps. They still seem longer than usual this year. Maybe cut the first round or two to best-of-five?

How many times in the past 50 years have you seen a sports league remove some of its postseason? The whole reason the NBA went best-of-seven in the first round a few years back was to squeeze a third weekend out of it.

 

[Captain_Kirk]

Hey, it takes a while to crown a charmion.

 

[Piotr Rasputin]

A seven-game series should take no longer than 11 days to complete. Game 1, G2, travel day, G3, G4, travel day, G5, travel day, G6, travel day, G7.

If it's a 2-3-2 format it shouldn't be any longer than nine days.

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

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

 

[Herbert Anchovy]

So why does the NBA have to rest the Bulls/Heat series till Sunday?!? Mavs/Thunder are scheduled to play tomorrow before them. Why David Stern, why?!? Why must you drag out the playoffs!! It's the playoffs!! Back to back games wouldn't even be a bad idea when it's the beginning of the home stand!! I want to see the team who can muster up the energy to play a back to back game to really see who has the championship drive. Make them face some real challenges since it is THE PLAYOFFS! Having the series drag on with multiple off days takes away from the excitement and the spirit of playoff action.

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

 

[Michael_ Gee]

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.

 

[bigpern23]

A seven-game series should take no longer than 11 days to complete. Game 1, G2, travel day, G3, G4, travel day, G5, travel day, G6, travel day, G7.

If it's a 2-3-2 format it shouldn't be any longer than nine days.

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

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

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.

 

[Batman]

The biggest reason is our TV pals: ABC doesn't want The Finals to begin until after May sweeps. They still seem longer than usual this year. Maybe cut the first round or two to best-of-five?

How many times in the past 50 years have you seen a sports league remove some of its postseason? The whole reason the NBA went best-of-seven in the first round a few years back was to squeeze a third weekend out of it.

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

 

[Sam Mills 51]

So why does the NBA have to rest the Bulls/Heat series till Sunday?!? Mavs/Thunder are scheduled to play tomorrow before them. Why David Stern, why?!? Why must you drag out the playoffs!! It's the playoffs!! Back to back games wouldn't even be a bad idea when it's the beginning of the home stand!! I want to see the team who can muster up the energy to play a back to back game to really see who has the championship drive. Make them face some real challenges since it is THE PLAYOFFS! Having the series drag on with multiple off days takes away from the excitement and the spirit of playoff action.

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

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

 

[Bob Cook]

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

 

[bpoindexter]

Okay Friday aside, since that's all you got from my argument, why don't we see back to back games at the beginning of homestands? I wasn't just pissed about today having no basketball, I'm pissed that the NBA playoffs drag on with off days that aren't needed when you have two home games in a row. Doesn't anyone else think it's ridiculous how long the playoffs go on for?

Yes. That's a big reason I don't bother to watch other than when I'm channel surfing and a game happens to be on. Well, that and the fact that the league is a rigged sham that is two steps above professional wrestling.

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.