Enough Already with the 9:30 Start Times

[Oh, Gee!!]

I can hardly stay up past the half-time show!!!

[fitzgerald]

Amen. Glad someone else can't stand this BS!

[Soul_Patch]

I third this.


I got about 3hrs total sleep last night. Luckily everyone in my office is gone today, so i can slack, and hopefully duck out early.

[TampaDude]

9:30??? It's 10:30 here on the East Coast...tip is usually closer to 11...I'm up 'til 2 in the friggin' morning!!!

[steppy]

Yeah, it's BS. I love the Spurs but I hate the world in the morning if I don't get enough sleep. I get agitated if I don't get at least 7 hours.

[Dingle Barry]

Yes. This bullshit must end. Stop televising Cavs-Nets. No one cares except Sprite and Nike.

[Sweetey]

What is up with this crap anyway. Screw the damned Leastern Conference. I am sick of having to follow their stupid games and if that is isn't enough, TNT screws around with their Barkley bullshit talk and the so-called 9:30 tip-off doesn't happen until almost 10:00 pm.

[ducks]

you can thank that james fellow

[MadDog73]

And it's not just Spurs....

the whole Mavs - Warriors series was too late as well.

Still, last night was worth staying up for!

[still.focused]

I fell asleep during halftime
Woke up wit somewhere close to 4 mins left in the 4th
Needless to say i was a lil stunned

[Spurminator]

Blame the Cavs and the Pistons.

[Cry Havoc]

The NBA is just patently admitting that it thinks no one in the West will watch if they have a start time before 7:30. Ridiculous.

If the first quarter wouldn't have been a blur last night, the game would have lasted well into the morning hours here in the Central Time Zone.

[Lebowski Brickowski]

If ONLY they started at 9:30!!!

Games don't actually start untill 9:50 or 10 after Inside the NBA and House of Payne commercials.

[fitzgerald]

What I don't understand, is do they not care if the East coast wants to watch these games? I am sure there are West coast fans living in the East and vice versa. It is like the NBA and TV doesn't give a damn. Just air both games 1 to 2 hours apart regardless if they are done. Let the viewers watch what they want when they want.

[703 Spurz]

I third this.


I got about 3hrs total sleep last night. Luckily everyone in my office is gone today, so i can slack, and hopefully duck out early.

Me too man. Went to bed at 1:50 Eastern time only to get up at 8:30 in the morning.

:drunk

[703 Spurz]

What I don't understand, is do they not care if the East coast wants to watch these games? I am sure there are West coast fans living in the East and vice versa. It is like the NBA and TV doesn't give a damn. Just air both games 1 to 2 hours apart regardless if they are done. Let the viewers watch what they want when they want.

Whats worse is if we advance to the Conference Finals then we have to play in Utah (which is the same as playing in PHO) in relation to game time.

Ugh more 930-1030 games coming up :sleep

[Johnny_Blaze_47]

Whats worse is if we advance to the Conference Finals then we have to play in Utah (which is the same as playing in PHO) in relation to game time.

Ugh more 930-1030 games coming up :sleep

Actually, the start times should be earlier because there are no other conference games to contend with and the conference championships aren't on the same network.

[Beaverfuzz]

Glad I live on the West Coast, 7:30/8:00 start times are just fine with me.

[samikeyp]

9:30??? It's 10:30 here on the East Coast...tip is usually closer to 11...I'm up 'til 2 in the friggin' morning!!!

Im with ya bro.

[41times]

Yeah the Mavs got screwed on the times too.

It's mainly TNT's fault because they are hell bent on showing double headers and 40 games in 40 days. Morons.

But why could they not start the East coast games at 7 eastern so they are over by 9:30 eastern time (8:30 Central time) and then start the the 2nd game 15 minutes after that.

It's BS staying up until Midnight or later.

[J.T.]

This is why Valero gives out free coffee if they win. Fucking get over it.

[ambchang]

I sometimes wish San Antonio is in the Eastern conference.
Sleeping at 2, and getting up at 6 is not cool.

[Oh, Gee!!]

This is why Valero gives out free coffee if they win. Fucking get over it.


says the pizza delivery guy that doesn't have to wake up at 6:00 like I do.

[J.T.]

says the pizza delivery guy that doesn't have to wake up at 6:00 like I do.

Well, take adderrall on game days if you can't hack it until half past midnight. Or check the boxscore in the morning if you want more sleep. Who says I deliver pizza??

[Cry Havoc]

I sometimes wish San Antonio is in the Eastern conference.
Sleeping at 2, and getting up at 6 is not cool.

:clap

makes me want to :pctoss

[FromWayDowntown]

Actually, the start times should be earlier because there are no other conference games to contend with and the conference championships aren't on the same network.

I'm pretty sure that Game 5 was the Spurs last 9:30 CDT start. Game 6 is an 8:30 CDT start. If there's a Game 7 in this series, it will be on Sunday afternoon. And I would think that whomever advances to the WCF will be playing games that start sometime around 8 p.m. CDT.

[BILLYE]

Whats worse is if we advance to the Conference Finals then we have to play in Utah (which is the same as playing in PHO) in relation to game time.

Ugh more 930-1030 games coming up :sleep


the start times will be different for the Conference Finals for two reasons:

1. There are only two series left
2. Each Conference Final is exclusively on their respective networks....I believe ABC has the WCF while TNT has the ECF....or I may have that backwards...

[Capt Bringdown]

Consider yourselves lucky, it's a 9:30 AM start where I'm at. And it ain't on television!

[DDS4]

Glad I live on the West Coast, 7:30/8:00 start times are just fine with me.

2nd.

The left coast is the best when it comes to watching sports.

[Rummpd]

live in DC = brutal but there to the end!

[florige]

9:30??? It's 10:30 here on the East Coast...tip is usually closer to 11...I'm up 'til 2 in the friggin' morning!!!



I feel your pain man. I live in Maryland. It feels alot better after a win though.

[Sam]

Me too man. Went to bed at 1:50 Eastern time only to get up at 8:30 in the morning.

:drunk

I wish...I stayed up until 2 and got up at 6:15. I hate the west coast start times.

[Mr. Peabody]

I can hardly stay up past the half-time show!!!

If you have Tivo, you can fast-forward live television. Last night, I finished watching the entire game by 10:30 pm.

[Oh, Gee!!]

If you have Tivo, you can fast-forward live television. Last night, I finished watching the entire game by 10:30 pm.

You can make some serious money with a TV like that

[spurster]

Eastern and Western Conference games will probably be on different nights.

[Doug Collins]

Well if you remove the 6.2 billion combined promos for The Closer, House of Payne, Heartland, and Saving Grace the games would only be about 2 hours in length. But TNT seems to think they know drama and therefore want everyone else to pay attention, so consider that a pipe dream.

BTW The new season of The Closer begins Monday June 12th for those that might've missed it.

[ATXSPUR]

Im up til about 3 every morning anyway so it doesnt matter to me as far as sleep goes.

I just hate the late start times because of nerves.

[naico]

at what timee does the game start on friday? Nba;com says it's at 8.30 pm, espn says it's at 1.00 pm. Can anybody confirm? Know you guyz are talking about 8.30. But on espn it does say it's at 1.00...

[NoMoneyDown]

Yeah, it's BS. I love the Spurs but I hate the world in the morning if I don't get enough sleep. I get agitated if I don't get at least 7 hours.

Don't have children then.

[bigglendiesel]

Not only that, after all the excitement from a game like last nite... my heart rate won't drop down to my resting heart rate until I've slammed about another 3 beers.... but dammit, then I've gotta pee about 10 times... and now here I am at work... with my Gatorade... on the bright tryna make it... thank God for Friday!!! I can do that!!

[703 Spurz]

I wish...I stayed up until 2 and got up at 6:15. I hate the west coast start times.

It certainly felt like I got 3 hours of sleep :sleep