They start the second rounds at the same time Reality. Its not like they will get a 2 game jump.
The more rest Shaq gets the more and more he will slow down in the later rounds. His conditioning in the off-season is going to show in the next two rounds. Not because hes out of shape but because he spent more energy to get in shape than he has in a while.
Spurs-Sonics starts Sunday.
Game 7 Hou at Dal would be Sat.
NBA is not going to make the Dal/hou series winner play Phx the next day. Prob would start mon or tues. Hence Dunkan would get a head start. Irregardless of when R2 starts for Phx-Dall/Hou, if Dallas (most likely series winner) can extend Phx to 7 woohoo!
Try running the logic on Shaqs rest one more time.
Rest at this point is superb for Shaqs injury.
Unless he is eating more LakerBurgers.