The first round of the NBA playoffs has been completed. 8 openers, divided into 2 days, 4 per day.
April 21: Magic vs. Cavaliers, Suns vs. Timberwolves, 76ers vs. Knicks, Lakers vs. Nuggets;
April 22: Heat vs. Celtics, Mavericks vs. Clippers, Pacers vs. Bucks, Pelicans vs. Thunder.
The schedule of the first game is not too much of a problem, the teams participating in the play-offs, the 76ers and Lakers in 7th place are on the first day, and the Pelicans and Heat in 8th place are on the second day.
But from the second game, the playoff matchups are staggered, and there will even be rings in the later schedule, that is, the 4th game of some matchups will be played on the same day as the 3rd game of some matchups.
The three games played on April 23 are: Magic vs. Cavaliers, 76ers vs. Knicks, Lakers vs. Nuggets;
The three games played on April 24 are: Suns vs. Timberwolves, Pacers vs. Bucks, Mavericks vs. Clippers;
The two games played on April 25 are: Heat vs. Celtics and Pelicans vs. Thunder.
The second of the 8 games is divided into 3 days, in which the Suns vs Timberwolves, Heat vs Celtics, Pelicans vs Thunder are all 2 days off, and the other 5 groups of matchups are all 1 day off. In contrast, the Lakers and 76ers suffered a loss, and they also played the play-offs, but the first two games were arranged more closely.
Especially the Lakers VS Nuggets, the league could obviously arrange a 2-day break, but it gave up the 2-day break to the Suns VS Timberwolves. Suns VS Timberwolves This group of matchups, it is true that the schedule will be easier, 8 groups of matchups, only 2 groups of matchups have appeared 3 times with 2 days off, the Suns VS Timberwolves is one of the groups, and the first 3 games are all played 1 game and 2 days off.
Races 3 and 4 will come with rings.
3 games on April 26: Cavaliers vs Magic, Knicks vs 76ers, Nuggets vs Lakers;
April 27 3 games: Bucks vs Pacers, Clippers vs Mavericks, Timberwolves vs Suns.
These 2 days of competition are exactly the same as April 23 and April 24, both of which are 2 days off for G3, which is also very reasonable because the venue has to be switched.
April 28 4 games: Cavaliers vs Magic G4, Thunder vs Pelicans G3, Celtics vs Heat G3, Nuggets vs Lakers G4.
Game 4 of the Cavaliers vs. Magic and Game 4 of the Lakers vs. Nuggets were both played on April 28, along with Game 3 of the Thunder vs. Pelicans and Game 3 of the Celtics vs. Heat. The third of these two games was played after a 2-day break, which is within the normal range, but the most exaggerated is:
The fourth game time of the Cavaliers vs Magic is before the third game of the Thunder vs Pelicans and Celtics vs Heat, that is, the Cavaliers and the Magic have finished the fourth game, and the third game of the Thunder vs Pelicans and Celtics vs Heat has not yet been played.
Looking at it this way, the schedule of the Cavaliers vs Magic is the most compact, followed by the Lakers vs Nuggets, and then considering that the Lakers have played more play-offs, so the closest schedule in the first 4 games is the Cavaliers, Magic, and Lakers. The Cavaliers vs Magic are equal terms, and the matchup is fair, but the Lakers have a tight schedule, and the Nuggets have the advantage.
April 29: Knicks vs. 76ers, Clippers vs. Mavericks, Bucks vs. Pacers, Timberwolves vs. Suns
April 30: Pelicans vs. Thunder, Celtics vs. Heat.
The other groups were normal.
On the whole, from the arrangement of the first 4 games, in terms of physical fitness, the Lakers are the most disadvantaged side, because they themselves are more tired and the Nuggets are not tired. And the Cavaliers and Magic, everyone is tired together, and the two teams are also young teams, and the schedule is tight.