Give up 15 minutes, you’ll get 30 seconds

THE GAME between Maryland and Georgetown on FS1 Tuesday had a couldn’t-miss finish. Maryland, down seven with 58 seconds left, won by one.

But it was one of those finishes best watched on DVR — if you allowed enough time to record it. With three timeouts called, foul calls, substitution whistles and referees’ stoppages to review video and double-check the clock, the game needed to be fast-for- warded to be reasonably enjoyed.

The game’s final 28.8 seconds took — I kid you not — 14 minutes to complete!

Dave Roberts over Joe Maddon for NL Manager of the Year? Absolutely!

This is where context counts more than wins. The Dodgers finished first in the NL West with 91 wins, one fewer than the Dodgers of the 2015 season under Don Mat- tingly, and 12 fewer wins than the 2016 Cubs.

But these Dodgers did so with an MLB record 28 players lost to the disabled list, including ace Clayton Kershaw for three months.

And Roberts didn’t suffer the minimalist behavior of one of his most talented players, $5.5 million per Yasiel Puig, once benching him and later demoting him to the minors for failure to play as if he cared. I’d have voted for Roberts to be King.

NBC and NBCSN, with the full indulgence of the NHL, continue to promote telecasts as if they’re cage fighting, i.e., with the come-and-git-yer-blood promise of extraordinary, hate-filled violence NHL games now seldom produce.

Wednesday’s Penguins-Capitals game was promoted as the (fabricated) renewal of a Holy War. The game was played without even a fight.