Thread: NBA testing out 44-minute game

NEW YORK -- The NBA is going to evaluate if a shorter game could be a better one.

The Brooklyn Nets and Boston Celtics will play a 44-minute preseason game Sunday as the league tests a format that features fewer minutes and fewer mandatory timeouts.

The contest will be four minutes shorter than the NBA's standard 48-minute game. The league said Tuesday that the preseason game will feature four 11-minute quarters, one minute shorter than normal.

Acting on a suggestion by coaches to tighten up the games, the league will use the matchup at Barclays Center to examine if the shorter model flows better.

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Huh?

Originally Posted by MOtorboat

Huh?

I know - I am thinking - how can cutting 4 minutes off of a game make a significant difference?????? Will people watching the game even notice the difference?

Originally Posted by Denver Native (Carol)

I know - I am thinking - how can cutting 4 minutes off of a game make a significant difference?????? Will people watching the game even notice the difference?

It's a preseason NBA game. No one will be watching.

Anything that shrinks the NBA, I'm all in favor of it. Let's try 10-minute periods next.

Originally Posted by slim

It's a preseason NBA game. No one will be watching.

It's the Celtics. I will be watching both teams heave up futile 3 point attempts for all four 11 minutes quarters.

Originally Posted by WTE

It's the Celtics. I will be watching both teams heave up futile 3 point attempts for all four 11 minutes quarters.

Why?

Originally Posted by WTE

It's the Celtics. I will be watching both teams heave up futile 3 point attempts for all four 11 minutes quarters.

Good grief, why? You couldn't pay me to watch a Nuggets preseason game. Absolutely the most meaningless preseason games of any of them.

Originally Posted by MOtorboat

Good grief, why? You couldn't pay me to watch a Nuggets preseason game. Absolutely the most meaningless preseason games of any of them.

The regular season is almost as bad. Wake me up when the playoffs start.

Originally Posted by OrangeHoof

Anything that shrinks the NBA, I'm all in favor of it. Let's try 10-minute periods next.

Still too long. Just play the 4th quarter - if you have to play at all. I'm all in favor of just folding the league. It is good for my insomnia though. Maybe just move all of the games to late night.

How about that 2 week (or so it seems) offseason?

Originally Posted by MOtorboat

Good grief, why? You couldn't pay me to watch a Nuggets preseason game. Absolutely the most meaningless preseason games of any of them.

Actually, I'm joking. I attempted to watch Celtics/Sixers preseason a couple days ago and lasted as long as you did with the bagel chick.