This post-season has seen shorter playoff series than usual.

Fewer games means less league revenue, which will cause next season's salary cap to be lower than expected.  

But the difference is not likely to be a large one.

Larry Coon projects the numbers assuming that this year's playoff games total 80, which is about five fewer games than the average.  

These lost games would result in a deficit of about $12.5 million of total revenue, which would cause the 2010-11 cap to fall to $55.89 million.  This is about $212,000 less than the $56.1 million projected by David Stern recently.