Larry or Stanley?

[Jake from State Farm]

As I grow older I've gotten to the point I'll watch the NBA Finals, but give me the Stanley Cup playoffs
I enjoy the intensity of both, and I'm not going to look it up to see if my perception has changed, but the NBA is more likely to go chalk while the NHL is more unpredictable
The last two nights are great examples
Both the Islanders and Panthers avoided elimination by winning game 5s on the road, Florida in overtime
In the NBA the favorites seem to advance, with few exceptions, every time

 

[Songbird]

8 Heat, Play-in 4, 1 Poor Bucks 1

 

[Cosmo]

Pretty simple for me. I have stakes this year in the NBA playoffs. I do not in the NHL. Thus I'm paying more attention to the NBA.

 

[Hermes]

Two TVs solves this.

 

[DanOregon]

Give me ANY Stanley Cup playoff game. Too many of the NBA playoff games seem like both teams (and the refs) acknowledge that the series needs to go at least six to make sure the TV people are happy.

 

[Songbird]

Helen would have taken them both.

 

[DanOregon]

THAT is a phenomenal pull - and EXACTLY why this board is great. Sports question, threadjacked to a Three's Company reference with sexual innuendo. Might be the most perfect SJ.com rejoinder.

 

[Regan MacNeil]

Stanley, unless there's a compelling rooting interest for me.

 

[da man]

Stan, and it's not close.

 

[wicked]

Two TVs solves this.

Picture-in-picture is not a thing anymore. It should be.

 

[playthrough]

Give me ANY Stanley Cup playoff game. Too many of the NBA playoff games seem like both teams (and the refs) acknowledge that the series needs to go at least six to make sure the TV people are happy.

Someone forgot to give Jimmy Butler the script.

 

[justgladtobehere]

NCAA Lacrosse and hockey final fours are the best.