Why Have The NBA Playoffs Been So Boring in 2013?

We’re in the middle of a fantastic series between the San Antonio Spurs and the Miami Heat so this seems like an odd question to poise but to me these Playoffs have been very uninspiring.

Even the Miami Heat and Indiana Pacers series that went to a seventh game did little to light a fire under me.

I felt like I knew the Heat would prevail and the Finals against San Antonio are the first time I’ve really felt the Heat were under any threat.

That lack of suspense is a big part of why I’ve felt so underwhelmed by these playoffs.

This may be the first time in history that I have been more entertained as a whole by the regular season than I was by the Playoffs.

The fact that the San Antonio Spurs whitewashed the Memphis Grizzlies – albeit two of their games did go to overtime – in the Western Conference Finals just underlined the lack of competition this year.

The Grizzlies had recently beaten an Oklahoma City Thunder side missing star man and point guard Russell Westbrook.

Kevin Durant did his best to make up for Westbrook’s absence but it left the Thunder too lopsided and too reliant on Durant to progress.

One of the few chances these playoffs had of being salvaged went by the wayside when the Spurs defeated Steph Curry and the Golden State Warriors.

Not that the Spurs aren’t an exciting side but the Warriors are young, vibrant and most of all fresh.

They would have added an element of unpredictability had their stay in the competition lasted a bit longer.

Their series against the Denver Nuggets in the first round was one of the few bright spots of this playoff campaign and I imagine the anticipation for a Golden State versus Miami final would have been off the charts.

The only other team that threatened to stir up any interest in the Playoffs were the New York Knicks.

They had the potential to mount a serious challenge against the Miami Heat but due to their three point shooters not firing and Carmelo Anthony losing his regular season form they couldn’t even beat the Indiana Pacers.

The series that I think has epitomised these playoffs as a whole was the first-round clash of the Atlanta Hawks and the Indiana Pacers.

That series, and these playoffs as a whole, can be summed up with one word.

Lacklustre.

This was illustrated by the fact that I watched three of those games in full and I couldn’t tell you a single thing that happened in any of them.

The Spurs and Heat are having a great battle at the moment and with game five taking place tonight they could go on to make these Playoffs eternally memorable.

But prior to this series the entertainment level was not as high as I have become accustomed to.

All I can hope for now is that the San Antonio versus Miami battle rages as hard as it has in the first four games for the next three games.

And with the way things are going Tony Parker, LeBron James and their respective teams may well do that.