The Finals - Game 2

[ChuckElias]

Originally posted by ChrisSportsFan
I'm afraid that there will be more time outs in the future if they going to continue increasing their salaries. Gotta pay the bills somehow.

Right now there are 13 mandatory breaks in the action in every NBA game.

• One mandatory TO charged to each team in each quarter, usually after the 6:00 mark and the 3:00 mark. That's 8 breaks.
• One uncharged mandatory TO after the 9:00 mark in the second and fourth quarters. That's 2 more.
• Three breaks at the end of a quarter.

But if you think about it, that's actually a whole lot better than baseball, which takes 18 mandatory breaks (one between each half-inning) along with breaks at each pitching change; and it's better than the NFL, which takes a full TO after every change of possession and after every score. I love the sequence that goes TD-PAT-commercial-kickoff-commercial.

I don't really think the TO's are all that bad for a pro sport on TV. If you want to get rid of commercial interruptions, tune in to Major League Soccer. Blech.