Game 5 of the Clippers-Spurs series was a great one, going down to the final minute. But it lasted nearly three hours, ending just before 2 a.m. EDT on the East Coast.
This, folks, is a problem.
And the NBA needs to solve it.
You simply CANNOT have the best basketball of the postseason being played when two-thirds of the country is asleep.
What if there was a magic formula that could shave an hour off the game time?
Would the NBA even consider looking at it?
In this interview with Sid Rosenberg on 640-AM Sports in Miami, I proposed a number of radical — even revolutionary — changes to NBA rules that would speed up the flow of the game, make it more interesting and get rid off all those God-awful TV timeouts which have reduced the NBA game to a series of three-minute spurts. I’m also in favor of adopting the FIBA rule that makes the ball live once it hits the rim, a rule change that would have made DeAndre Jordan’s late tip-in count rather than be waved off for basket interference.
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Chris Sheridan is publisher and editor-in-chief of SheridanHoops.com. Follow him on Twitter.
I am from overseas.(israel) So i’m happy for games to end up late. But even i couldn’t stand the amount of timeouts in the games.
In a way it seemed like one big timeout with braeks for playing. Insane!
I also can’t see waht is rong for the game with jorden’s tip in?
If any part of the ball is within the imaginary cylinder above the rim, an offensive player may not touch the ball. This NBA rule is different than the FIBA rule. It is occasionally overlooked if the majority of the ball is outside the cylinder. It is also a tough call for officials because their sight line is their height, not 10 feet. Thanks for reading our site.