{"id":3135,"date":"2015-04-19T21:01:42","date_gmt":"2015-04-19T21:01:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/?p=3135"},"modified":"2015-04-20T01:10:29","modified_gmt":"2015-04-20T01:10:29","slug":"10-reasons-why-the-stanley-cup-playoffs-are-better-than-the-nba-playoffs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/?p=3135","title":{"rendered":"10 reasons why the Stanley Cup playoffs are better than the NBA playoffs"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Epoole88 artwork. Very talented.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Thank goodness my town has a hockey bar now where I don’t have to argue with the bartenders to turn switch the basketball game that no one is watching to the Stanley Cup playoff game.<\/p>\n

My favourite era of hockey was from the 90s to the early 2000s, despite the poor scoring of the time. This was when I lived in the San Juans, and you could get all the games from CBC. They showed two games every Saturday (usually Montreal, Ottawa or Toronto in the late afternoon, then Vancouver, Edmonton or Calgary at night). Then CBC just showed Stanley Cup playoff games constantly for two months from mid-April to mid-June.<\/p>\n

I also used to love the hockey commercials on CBC. My favourite will always be the “Die Maple Leafs! Die!” Nike commercial.<\/p>\n

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I kind of fell out of love with NBA basketball around the same time. I used to love the NBA of the 80s — the absolute epic, legendary battles between the Celtics and the Lakers and the other teams lying in wait — the 76ers, Pistons and Bulls. Each team had their own style and identity uniquely theirs. I think basketball has lost that, all the teams seem to run the same offences today. I will probably still watch some of the NBA Finals, especially if Golden State gets in. I’m sick of the Spurs.<\/p>\n