The NBA took defense away, as similar new rules in the NFL did, resulting in games that are not fun to watch (much unlike the NHL). Lack of effort, lack of any real fight put up by the players, is as apparent and predictable as the winners who will advance — nobody in their right mind gives the Pistons any chance in hell to knock off the Bucks, let alone sweep them out of the playoffs — and yet this is exactly what happened in the Stanley Cup Playoffs as the #8-seed Isles swept out the national hockey league's best team by regular season record. Defense in the NHL is still a very significant factor and is REAL; helmet-to-helmet hits that the NFL hates to see occur, well in the NHL those are the least of the many types of bites taken out of the players. This year there's been a serious fist-fight in every period of every match — there's never any real fight by players in the NBA or in the NFL — NBA/NFL players' rare shoving match is NOT fighting, but rather a fleeting, five-second or less, feeble display of effort.
The NBA took defense away, as similar new rules in the NFL did, resulting in games that are not fun to watch (much unlike the NHL). Lack of effort, lack of any real fight put up by the players, is as apparent and predictable as the winners who will advance — nobody in their right mind gives the Pistons any chance in hell to knock off the Bucks, let alone sweep them out of the playoffs — and yet this is exactly what happened in the Stanley Cup Playoffs as the #8-seed Isles swept out the national hockey league's best team by regular season record. Defense in the NHL is still a very significant factor and is REAL; helmet-to-helmet hits that the NFL hates to see occur, well in the NHL those are the least of the many types of bites taken out of the players. This year there's been a serious fist-fight in every period of every match — there's never any real fight by players in the NBA or in the NFL — NBA/NFL players' rare shoving match is NOT fighting, but rather a fleeting, five-second or less, feeble display of effort.
Yeah NHL playoffs are a completely different animal. A team without superstars in the NBA basically has no chance to win, but hockey is a true team game with many different factors that lead to playoff success. Not only did Columbus beat the top team in the league who had one of the best regular seasons in history, they swept and pretty much beat the living piss out of them. #8 seeds beating #1's and #7's beating # 2's in the NHL is a somewhat regular occurrence...this pretty much never happens in the NBA.
Yeah NHL playoffs are a completely different animal. A team without superstars in the NBA basically has no chance to win, but hockey is a true team game with many different factors that lead to playoff success. Not only did Columbus beat the top team in the league who had one of the best regular seasons in history, they swept and pretty much beat the living piss out of them. #8 seeds beating #1's and #7's beating # 2's in the NHL is a somewhat regular occurrence...this pretty much never happens in the NBA.
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