Could be a good short term solution and put more emphasis on the regular season again. Lebron and others probably don't sit out against the heat knowing they might see them in the playoffs, and instead rest against the Knicks or some other team.

If at the beginning of the season you knew this is how it was going to be, changes your strategy of resting players, and you probably don't rest your players against playoff teams, which are mostly on TV. It's fair if scheduling changes a bit and everyone knows at the beginning of the season