Last season’s Bubble Playoffs spoiled NBA fans. It seemed like every night at least one game went down to the wire, and some nights had multiple buzzer-beaters. This year? Not so much.
Through Sunday, thirty games had been played. Of those games, only three were decided by less than 5 points, and those three games all occurred last weekend. This meant that the NBA had seven days of games (Monday through Sunday) with zero, nada, no games with a close finish. Barely a third of the games had been decided by single digits, and most of those were opening weekend or Monday night.