The arrival of the play-in match to determine the ultimate two playoff groups in every convention — in addition to the addition of the in-season NBA Cup — served their desired function to extend curiosity for each gamers and followers.
However the newest thought floated by commissioner Adam Silver this week — to cut back the size of every sport to 40 minutes — needs to be a non-starter, even with the league experiencing a dip in TV rankings of as a lot as 25 % this season.
Main League Baseball went to seven-inning video games for doubleheaders through the 2020 COVID-shortened season and it saved the rule in place the next 12 months earlier than scrapping the thought altogether after it compromised the standard methods of an ordinary nine-inning contest.
Silver’s argument is that 10-minute quarters would nearer align the NBA product with each the faculty sport and the worldwide FIBA mannequin, and would shorten video games to a extra TV-friendly two hours in size. The typical size of video games is round two hours, 16 minutes this season, in keeping with ESPN, just about no change from the typical of two:15 over the previous 15 seasons.
