Since I know there is a game thread to talk about the actual game and this is a bit different, I figured I'd vent here.
Maybe the reason for the seemingly lack of interest is the way the league has them scheduled. There are two series that have already finished their 4th game before the C's have played their third. Every other series will have played at least 3 games before the Celtics start their third. It's possible that the Magic could close out a 5 games series before the Celtics finish their fourth game.
It's time to get rid of these 3 days between games crap in the playoffs. It is a thing that more and more prevalent every year. In 10 years it is predicted the season will end in August the way things are going. Okay, August is a stretch, but July isn't.
Let's go with the two days max between games and the occasional back to back. It adds more to the game.
Yeah I've found that a little irritating too. Watching the Magic pretty much close out the Raptors and began heading home to Orlando before the Lakers/Celtics series even switch home court.
Both 1-8 seeds, East+West, maybe they were worried about the middle series going long? That's the only thing I can come up with.
Would it bother one more to wait 7 days in between the first round to second round (7 game Washington-Cleveland series would be close to that) or is the three day wait better?
Anyways TV money demands it
Edit: Wizards 7th game is on the 4th of May. Celtics fourth is the 28th of April. That's a 6 wait just to see who comes out of that series if it went long, add another 2-3 days before round two starts. That's with the Celtics being backtracked and having to wait longer in between games. Present way might be better than I initially thoughy.