The NBA Play-off Schedule (2)

I know I wrote about this subject two weeks ago, I can't understand who in the NBA offices is in charge of scheduling the NBA play-off games!

We are deep into the conference finals, both in the East and the West. The teams have one day off between games. This includes the lay-off between games 2 and 3, were the teams make the three hour flight between the two cities. Last night I watched the very "not" entertaining game 2 between the Lakers and Spurs. The aged Spurs were very tiered and were blown out in the second half by the energetic fresh Lakers. The Spurs came off a long series against the Hornets, including a game 7 only four days prior to yesterdays game.

This situation does not improve for the Spurs. After game 2 they flew back to San Antonio, the players arrived home around 4 AM. This leaves them only 36 hours for the players to rest and coaching staff to get ready for game 3. During the NBA season, it is rare that the teams play so many games in so little time.

The NBA finals are scheduled to begin on June 5th. Game 7 of the Detroit-Boston series is scheduled for June 1st and in the West, June 2nd. For the rest of the series, both in the East and both in the West the teams continue to play on 1 days rest. The teams medical staff do everything possible to get the players ready for the next game, but, surely, an extra 24 hours of rest will do the job a lot better.

Why not schedule the games in such a way that the every 2 games, the players get an extra days rest? The series will be longer by 2-3 days, and maybe the finals will begin a day or two later, but we the fans will surely enjoy better, more exciting basketball games.