It’s the same 16 days as in 2016, but something about the gap between the Eastern Conference semi-final and final has felt particularly long this year.
“I’m getting kind of anxious,” admitted Jonathan Osorio. “It’s a long time between games,” Alex Bono said. “It’s too long,” offered Sebastian Giovinco more bluntly.
Tosaint Ricketts took a more optimistic view, pointing out that there is “never enough time to prepare”.
Ricketts may have been in a better mood than Giovinco as a result of the fact that for him, the break is about to end.