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Rob D.Up until the Finals, I gave the NBA credit for how it scheduled the playoffs. I remember the past couple of seasons, the schedule was crazy: play two games in three nights, then have three days off, etc. You never knew who was playing when because there was no consistency. But this year they had been doing a good job.
Then they open the Finals on Thursday in Boston, and instead of playing two nights later (in Boston), which had been the pattern pretty much this entire postseason, they wait to play Game 2 on Sunday night. Then, they turn around and will play across the country two nights later. I realize TV rules the roost, but I hate when they screw around with the schedule during the most important series of the season. Why not just play Game 2 on Saturday night, then give the teams Sunday and Monday to travel and play Game 3 in L.A. on Tuesday night.