The first round of the NBA Playoffs has come and gone, and, in all honesty, they never really felt like they got started. Of the eight series played, four were gentlemen’s sweeps, two were actual sweeps, and the other two featured an in-between eras San Antonio Spurs team and a half-asleep Golden State Warriors juggernaut. In short, it wasn’t pretty.
I couldn’t blame you if, at any point during the first round, you gave up on the NBA altogether and pursued a more exciting sport (i.e. Tiger Woods winning the Masters, the Stanley Cup Playoffs, the NFL Draft, your buddy Dan’s beer league softball tournament, etc.