Eh, I suppose they are long if you're more interested in the final outcome, but my mind will always flash back to something like the Bos - Chi seven game series a few years ago. Not only would back to back games in that instance have messed that series up (there were 7 overtime periods if I remember right), but it's a series that goes down to the wire like that that makes the playoffs so awesome. It's also no worse a culprit of this than baseball or ice hockey, I think it's something you can get used to easy enough, even if you can't find the time to watch every game.

In other news, looks like Atlanta is going to have game one over the bulls. With all the Rose hype and number one seed stuff it's hard to remember that they're still not that experienced a playoff contender. Be interesting to see how they bounce back.