With five games in the books, the Boston Celtics and Miami Heat would very likely attest that, second only to the opposing team on the court, the biggest obstacle in the 2022 Eastern Conference Finals may in fact be the schedule itself.
This postseason, playoff games have come and gone in a rather inexorable fashion. With few exceptions, the second round and onward have proceeded with just one day off in between games in a given series, even when teams need to travel between cities. This has benefits from a viewer’s perspective, as days without playoff basketball have been generally rare.