If there was no match, someone already called it unfair? The schedule of the NBA East Finals and West Finals has caused controversy again!

Have you tried: I have just finished a quarter of the hot instant noodles before I even took a few bites of it? This is the pace of this year's NBA playoffs: fast, compact, and breathless—not to mention players.

With the official release of the final four, the NBA also immediately threw out the schedule of the East-West Finals. As a result, a piece of arrangement made the fans and players frown:

"Did your arrangement be thrown out of dice?"

Today we not only talk about the schedule, but also to show you the "chaotic" behind it. After reading this article, you may smile and complain:

"This is not playing basketball, this is a life-threatening thing!"

⏳PART 1: The four teams are in place, but the schedule is more exciting than the game?

Let's quickly report:

East: Pacers (4-1 Cavaliers), Knicks (4-2 Celtics)

Western: Timberwolves (4-1 Warriors), Thunder (4-3 Nuggets)

East Finals: Pacers vs Knicks (Knicks Home)

Western Finals: Thunder vs Timberwolves (Thunder Home)

The lineup was fresh enough. The league didn't see James, Curry and Durant entering the division finals for the first time in many years. The atmosphere was so youthful. But I never expected that the first thing that was on the hot search was not the competition, but the schedule of

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That's right, the league just announced the timetable, and the comment area immediately exploded:

The first four games of the Western Conference Finals: May 21, 23, 25, and 27th, the first four games of the Eastern Conference Finals: May 22, 24, 26, and 28th, it looks like "I'll play after you hit", it is uniform, and at first glance there is nothing wrong with it. But if you think about it carefully, the question of this schedule is just like coffee and salt, which is so strange and interesting.

🥵PART 2: The airtight rhythm makes the game become "high-intensity commuting"

Do you know that there are multiple volumes of the playoffs this year? Take a look at the chestnut:

Nuggets fought with the Clippers in the first round for 7 games, and fought with the Thunder to tiebreak in the second round. There were 14 games in two rounds, and the game was completed in just 29 days.

Simple calculation: On average, it will be played every two days, and you will have to fly around. This is not a playoffs, it is a "national tour + high-intensity life-threatening battle".

No wonder Nuggets forward Aaron Gordon publicly complained: "Who can withstand this rhythm?"

He also mentioned several big-name casualties - Curry, Lillard, and Tatum, all of whom suffered because of this intensive rhythm.

The stars are tired and the game is lost; the audience is tired and the experience is discounted; what is the league?

Prepare money in pictures. But don't be so obvious.

🧩PART 3: The time arrangement is like a Rubik's Cube, the more you look at it, the less logical it becomes

If you think it is just "secret", it is too simple - the bigger point is "logical chaos".

Remember the first round? The Grizzlies just fought through the play-offs, but as soon as they landed, they were arranged to be in the "speed mode":

four consecutive games, all of which were the opponents of the Thunder, just woke up from their sleep the other day. The Grizzlies had already finished their fourth game

Does this look like two colleagues working overtime, one 996 every day and the other flexibly working. Finally, the leader said: "You two perform similarly."

The same plot was staged in the second round:

The Nuggets' first round tiebreaker was exhausted early, and their physical fitness was stuffed into the round-robin mode again in the second round

Thunder swept through the sweep and advanced, and they were young and easy

and the Nuggets' ended with the tiebreaker, and they lost the game in the seventh game, and the public looked at it: "The Nuggets can't do it."

But the Nuggets' inner OS: "I'm not bad, I'm really tired, brother!"

🕰️PART 4: The East will never play first, why did the Western Conference Finals start first?

To be honest, most of the NBA playoffs are "first in the east and the west".

First round: Pacers start against the Bucks first

Second round: Pacers still start against the Cavaliers first

According to this logic, should we go to the Eastern Conference first?

But this time the league made a 180-degree turn: the Western Conference Finals started first.

How did you think this arrangement was made? You can guess several versions:

"The Thunder's first two rounds are too tight, and I'm sorry to let them wait too long now"

"The Timberwolves play fast, and the Thunder are fast, so I'll just arrange these two first"

"The Eastern market is big, and the ratings are higher after the prime time"

It sounds like something makes sense, but the only thing in common is that it has little to do with fairness in the game.

🎭PART 5: The utilitarian color is getting stronger and stronger, fans are entertainment, players are tools?

Someone joked about the current NBA:

"Players are leeks, fans are traffic, champions are props, and business is the king."

It sounds a bit ruthless, but if you think about it, it makes sense. The challenge facing the league now is: How to balance "the sense of justice in the game" and "maximization of business".

This is not a new problem, but it is especially noticeable this year. You said that the players worked hard and the audience stayed up late in the middle of the night, but they found that the game had become a part of the script. How could they not be upset?