Ideally, I am sure the NBA wanted to start the Bulls-Heat series on Monday or Tuesday to keep it in sync with the Western Conference Finals. But, because of the Oprah tapings on Monday and Tuesday they were basically forced to start it a few days early. Hence the huge break between games 2 and 3. They want the Eastern and Western conference game 7s to be May 29th or May 30th. Since they had to start early, they had to stretch out the first few games. Below is what i think they WANTED the schedule to look like:
Game 1 – Tuesday, May 17, Miami at Bulls, 7 p.m., TNT
Game 2 – Thursday, May 19, Miami at Bulls, 7:30 p.m., TNT
Game 3 – Sunday, May 22, Bulls at Miami, 7:30 p.m., TNT
Game 4 – Tuesday, May 24, Bulls at Miami, 7:30 p.m., TNT
Game 5 * Thursday, May 26, Miami at Bulls, 7:30 p.m., TNT
Game 6 * Saturday, May 28, Bulls at Miami, 7:30 p.m., TNT
Game 7 * Monday, May 30, Miami at Bulls, 7:30 p.m., TNT