There is no need for games to be shown live. Tape delay makes a lot of sense (at least until the later rounds of the playoffs). Spoilers unlikely to be an issue - everyone in the building has a vested interest in things working out.
Games could easily fit into a perfect 2 hour broadcast window (maybe 90 mins; more likely 3 hrs for 2 games). Add an extra commercial break or two during periods (more valuable ad space - doesn't have to be a 'tv timeout' in the game), and cut the intermissions down by 10 mins (probably retain a brief player interview and talking head commentary with commercial break on either side).
Also gives lots of time to work out any quirks of adding crowd noise if they choose to do that. They can attempt to do it live for each game (giving the sound guys lots of time to develop the skill for doing it live in the playoffs), but tweak it before it hits the air at first.
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