These Playoffs Really Click

It’s difficult enough to find any free time these days, with the Celtics and Bruins both in the second round of their respective playoff series. But the NBA and NHL are here to help. Sort of.

Thanks to an odd scheduling coincidence, the Bruins’ playoff series against the Carolina Hurricanes and the Celtics’ series against the Orlando Magic will go head-to-head on your TV set for the next four games, should the Bruins’ series go that long. That’s a lot of channel surfing.

Last night was the first evening of this unfortunate succession, and Boston fans watched the Celtics trounce the Magic to even their series at a game apiece. Meanwhile, the Bruins lost in Raleigh, and now trail the Hurricanes, 2-1 in that Eastern Conference semifinal series.

In a worst-case scenario, the Bruins could bow out by Mother’s Day, leaving Boston a Celtics-centric town for the second year in a row. But Bruins fans, who until recently ached for a decade without a playoff series victory, have waited too long to watch their team whimper out of the playoffs.

But now that the Bruins are down, and the Celtics are even, who will you watch tomorrow night? Let us know.