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It's too long because they give a day off in between each game and like three days if they have to travel. The off days are the reason it lasts too long.

Too many off days, too many games, and a weak Eastern Conference make the Playoffs unbearable to watch.

I found the solution to this problem by never watching the NBA.

If a series is great the extra couple days it takes to finish don't matter. It's the quality of play, not actual length of time that is making the playoffs seem long.

Honestly...I've always liked best of 5 series as an option for all rounds of playoffs in the NBA and NFL...and I have simple mathematics for it.

Regular Season:
NFL season = 16 games
NBA & NHL = 82

The NHL & NBA seasons have just over 5 times more games but we'll keep it at 5 because you can't play a part of a game. So, if the NFL playoff rounds are a best of 1....why not multiply that for the NHL/NBA and have all series as a best of 5?

Word.

I believe best of 5's would increase the urgency of each game...thus making the games better. More drama for your mama.

Armchair- I can see that argument for a 3 game series but for a 5 there are still travel days and it could last just as long as a 7. How much more urgent exactly? I know it's the NBA but how much do teams actually slack during the playoffs?

the nba sucks go nhl

I was thinking for the fans perspective....tv audiences etc etc....not the players.

Clearly there's not time limit. I wouldn't have anwered that fast. Arm- the players think they never slack off. And if a series is great you won't care that it took 3 more days to complete.

The only sport that can pull off a successful 7 game series is baseball, because the games take so long anyways.

Football needs 3 out of 5 games.

I care when it's June and the winter sports are still in their playoffs...it's like...dude....June.....hockey....dude....no.

And I love hockey.

Best of 5 and a 72 game schedule in the NHL trims about a month off the schedule.

And that's a good thing.

Low ratings aren't due to bad play they're due to boring play. And the fans liked it more every other year than they did this one because they din't realize how long they were until now? Snowball effect? And NCAA has nothing to do with this unless you're suggesting the NBA adopts that system. If I get a few more votes I will have won the war but lost the fight because (including myself) almost everyone agrees with your title. I just wanted to argue for it.

As for the players don't like how long it is- If 60% of them want to have a 1 game winner take all playoff does that mean the league should do it? I speculate that the players would argue against you also and want 3 game series all the way through. Why give up that money?

NBA-Playoffs - Yes
NFL Playoffs - I wish the whole season were longer inclucing the playoffs.

First of all, the NFL playoffs cannot be made into a series because you need much more time to rest from a football game. That would take way too long. I find it hard to believe anyone thinks that a great series of 7 is better than a great series of 5. The greatest World Series ever was won in 7 unbelievably close games, the 1991 series between the Twins and Braves. I know baseball and basketball are different; if it's about entertainment, Rage is right, none of you would complain about seeing, say, the Wizards (healthy) take on the Warriors in the Finals. But the Spurs aren't entertaining (since when was being a dominant champion for years not entertaining?), and so people think that the series lasts too long. But I do agree with whoever said NCAA is the way to go; one big tournament of do or die games.

thanks for the NCAA tournament comment. I agree with you on Football. Baeball though is something that is entirely different. THe first round is best of five which is good. And there are no travel days except in the World Series. I love watching the Spurs play their team effort is extremely fun to watch actually. The two months though is just so long. As it is now the East teams are nowhere near as good as the west teams which also ads to the being boring. We could bascially not hve th finals and give the championchip to the west team. except last year but that was an exception not the rule.