This a salty move, but I can understand the leagues concern.
Hoping to present a better product to fans, the NBA just announced a revised NBA Finals schedule, that will allow for more rest in between games.
NBA announces Finals to feature more days between games. Schedule to include two days between all games in which travel is necessary.
— Diamond Leung (@diamond83) September 23, 2015
It’s not as bad as it appears, with a game moved back a day here, and another moved up there. The 2016 NBA Finals are scheduled to start on June 2.
2016 NBA Finals Schedule
The schedule for the 2016 NBA Finals if the series goes the full seven games:
Game 1 Thursday, June 2
Game 2 Sunday, June 5
Game 3 Wednesday, June 8
Game 4 Friday, June 10
Game 5 Monday, June 13
Game 6 Thursday, June 16
Game 7 Sunday, June 19
The league scrapped the long-standing Tuesday-Thursday-Sunday model that I happened to enjoy.