East Coast Conspiracy?
I don't know about all of you out there, but I'm about fed up with the NBA and ABC's airing (or non-airing) of the NBA Playoffs so far this year. The first non-Miami Heat game aired on primetime TV was Game 6 between San Antonio and Dallas on Thursday. Granted, it was a Game 6 and the series was pretty good, but what's up with not showing the Suns & Mavs Game 6 on Friday night? 130-126, overtime, series clinching game... need I say more?
To top this off, Miami has been off for damn near 2 weeks now (it would seem) and Detroit finished off Indiana a few days ago, but which conference has to play first? That's right, with only 2 days rest, the Suns will play San Antonio on Sunday afternoon, with Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals to be played on Monday.
The fact that the Suns would play a game two days after a Game 6 isn't that odd, but the fact they would've had to play Game 7 against Dallas on Sunday had they lost last night just adds to the fact that the league is scheduling in Shaq's favor.
To me, this just seems like another NBA league decision to help a team from the East coast (namely Miami) get to the NBA Finals. They have been reporting all week that Shaq isn't practicing and it seems like the league is giving him all the time in the world to get healthy enough to play against the Pistons. Btw - I think the Pistons can take the Heat in 6 games (think last year's sweep of Shaq's Lakers).
Conspiracy theory?? Sure seems that way to me.