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Originally Posted by St. Pats
I'm a sports fan. Think that makes a real difference in how you view things. A hockey fan has a very biased view as they have no appreciation for other sports. I can enjoy a good close fought game of virtually any sport. From hockey to curling for pities sake. A good tennis match or a Champions League tilt.
Great athletes in all of them with great games to be seen.
Last night just as example there was a boring Blue Jays game(hardly watched it) two boring NHL games(put me to sleep). Then there was decent encounter between the Sharks and the Canucks. The winner on the night was an NBA game featuring the Rockets and the Thunder. Rockets win an away game to stave off elimination.
There is no "more exciting" if you are a sports fan. It changes from night to night. Especially if your own favorite team isn't in the playoffs and you are just an observer with no real passionate ties to the teams involved. Other than, of course, hate for the Canucks.
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I am a sports fan as well but even hard core basketball fans should admit it is the NHL play-offs no doubt, especially in the first two rounds due to 2 major things.
1. NBA rarely has upsets and rarely has close games early on. There are the few exceptions every couple of years but for the most part the 1-8, 2-7 match-ups are walks in the park and not remotely close.
2. The NBA schedule in the first round is the stupidest set up in sports. Dragging out the first round over 2+ weeks for TV purposes makes the first round take forever. Having teams have 3 days off between games makes it tough to get into the series and reduces the intensity of the series as well.
Hockey is obviously a much better and entertaining game but not even taking that into account the NHL play-offs are still better and definitely more exciting than the NBA.