Playoffs - too long???

Joshyjess · Post #1 » by **Joshyjess** » Mon Jun 16, 2025 6:25 pm

Simple question. Do you think the NBA drags the playoffs on for too long? Or are you OK with these games taking as long as they Do?

Personally, I think this is going on for WAY too long. Without a dog in the fight, I lost interest in the playoffs a while ago. I just happened to see that there is a game on tonight, and it reminded me that the playoffs were still on-going. It honestly feels like these playoffs should have ended almost a month ago, and yet here we are with at least 2 more games to go, and we are half way through June.

I know I might just be speaking for myself, but does anyone else share this opinion that the NBA is trying to milk these things for so much longer than they should be?

Patches Perry · Post #2 » by **Patches Perry** » Mon Jun 16, 2025 6:57 pm

They're great. There is a certain charm about do or die March Madness style format but there's nothing quite like the chess match and swings of a 7 game series. It's the best.

Bornstellar · Post #3 » by **Bornstellar** » Mon Jun 16, 2025 7:02 pm

I think overall the length is fine but it's the Finals that take too long. I don't think we need multiple 2 day breaks between games, personally.

Post #4 » by **jbk1234** » Mon Jun 16, 2025 7:03 pm

Bornstellar wrote:I think overall the length is fine but it's the Finals that take too long. I don't think we need multiple 2 day breaks between games, personally.

The first round should be best of 5 as well.

Michael Bradley · Post #5 » by **Michael Bradley** » Mon Jun 16, 2025 7:05 pm

The play-in tournament began on April 15.

The NBA Finals will last at least until June 19, if not June 22 this season.

So yes, way too long.

Post #6 » by **tsherkin** » Mon Jun 16, 2025 7:08 pm

Nope. Love it like this. Hated when the first round was best of five and definitely don't want to go back to 2 or 3 rounds of playoffs.

Jaykoolzboy · Post #7 » by **Jaykoolzboy** » Mon Jun 16, 2025 7:09 pm

way too long ,

5/5/5/7 would make more sense, but NBA will never consider that.

Stan · Post #8 » by **Stan** » Mon Jun 16, 2025 7:10 pm

The 3 days between games in the Finals is way too long, there's no justifiable reason to have the series prolonged to this extent. It absolutely does cause casual fans to lose interest and kills the momentum of the series.

eminence · Post #9 » by **eminence** » Mon Jun 16, 2025 7:11 pm

I don't want to say 'much' too long, but I would prefer best of 5 series all the way through.

Pretty meh on the play-in still as well.

RHODEY · Post #10 » by **RHODEY** » Mon Jun 16, 2025 7:14 pm

Michael Bradley wrote:The play-in tournament began on April 15.

The NBA Finals will last at least until June 19, if not June 22 this season.

So yes, way too long.

I tend to agree, one benefit though ....it makes the summer a tad shorter.

Post #11 » by **Capn'O** » Mon Jun 16, 2025 7:14 pm

I don't know about too long but they're running into the summer which is when I wander outside and prefer not to return.

DavidSterned · Post #12 » by **DavidSterned** » Mon Jun 16, 2025 7:16 pm

Stan wrote:The 3 days between games in the Finals is way too long, there's no justifiable reason to have the series prolonged to this extent. It absolutely does cause casual fans to lose interest and kills the momentum of the series.

Yeah, the two cities aren't even two hours flying distance from each other. If ever there was a series that they could have chopped a day or two off the breaks with, this was the one.

Post #13 » by **Rafael122** » Mon Jun 16, 2025 7:22 pm

The two issues I have and this is what my eyes are telling me:

1. 1st round - it seems like the first 2 games of a series are played within a 2-3 day span, and then the rest of the series, you get these long breaks in between so the first round ends up going almost 2.5 weeks if it goes a full 7 and then if its a sweep, the team has almost a week off between games.

2. NBA Finals - Games 1 and 2 should be played every other day, and then you only get the 2 day rest period when they're about to travel out.

Edit: It wouldn't shock me if the NBA pushes the start to the season another week into October. I think it's scheduled for 10/21 for next year, but I remember they use to open the season around Halloween time. I think their goal should be to have something going through mid-July until football season picks up.

JujitsuFlip · Post #14 » by **JujitsuFlip** » Mon Jun 16, 2025 7:37 pm

Joshyjess wrote:Simple question. Do you think the NBA drags the playoffs on for too long? Or are you OK with these games taking as long as they Do?

Personally, I think this is going on for WAY too long. Without a dog in the fight, I lost interest in the playoffs a while ago. I just happened to see that there is a game on tonight, and it reminded me that the playoffs were still on-going. It honestly feels like these playoffs should have ended almost a month ago, and yet here we are with at least 2 more games to go, and we are half way through June.

I know I might just be speaking for myself, but does anyone else share this opinion that the NBA is trying to milk these things for so much longer than they should be?

Did you mind last year when the Celtics won the title? Did you still feel it was too lengthy?

SlimShady83 · Post #15 » by **SlimShady83** » Mon Jun 16, 2025 8:28 pm

B4 you know y'all going to miss basketball lol

Post #16 » by **cupcakesnake** » Mon Jun 16, 2025 8:34 pm

jbk1234 wrote:
Bornstellar wrote:I think overall the length is fine but it's the Finals that take too long. I don't think we need multiple 2 day breaks between games, personally.

The first round should be best of 5 as well.

It used to be. Some years I agree but in this age of parity, I don't exactly feel a need to shorten the first round. This year the West had 6 teams within 2 games of each other. We got epic series battles from Nuggets vs. Clippers and Rockets vs. Warriors.

Let's shorten the East to 5 games in the first round but leave the West the same. :wink:

ChiTownHero1992 · Post #17 » by **ChiTownHero1992** » Mon Jun 16, 2025 8:36 pm

I moved on already, i'll check the highlights and replay of the finals later for anything interesting but I stopped caring about it weeks ago. Unfortunately there's no big FIBA tournament or Olympics this summer to watch to supplement, so i'll probably be missing basketball by mid-July.

I say 1st round is best of 3, 2nd round best of 5, and Conference Finals and FInals are best of 7. Speeds things up, makes it more interesting in the "easy" match ups as well, much easier for an 8 seed to capture 2 games rather than 4. Make the Play-In an actual tournament, seed them 7-10, winner of 7-10 game plays 2 seed, winner of 8-9 game plays 1st seed to again make more things on the line and interesting.

ropjhk · Post #18 » by **ropjhk** » Mon Jun 16, 2025 8:39 pm

Go back to 2-3-2 finals format. It made the NBA unique and it reduced travel. That way we don't need so many breaks in between games in the finals.

Kent · Post #19 » by **Kent** » Mon Jun 16, 2025 8:40 pm

SlimShady83 wrote:B4 you know y'all going to miss basketball lol

This.

You'll soon be watching Summer League (partly wishing you weren't).

Wingy · Post #20 » by **Wingy** » Mon Jun 16, 2025 8:40 pm

Stan wrote:The 3 days between games in the Finals is way too long, there's no justifiable reason to have the series prolonged to this extent. It absolutely does cause casual fans to lose interest and kills the momentum of the series.

This and some of the first round TV-scheduling induced delays are the only gripes I have. Otherwise, all good.

Do you think the NBA playoffs are too long?