Why the late start tonight?

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    I just noticed that the game starts at 8:30 tonight in Utah. That's a very late start time. Most NBA games start at 7 or 7:30 PM. Anyone know why this start time is so late?
     
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    I think it is on TNT . . . which has great HD and audio.

    Love the feature where they mic up a player . . .
     
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    Game is on TNT.

    TNT tells you when to play. It is the 2nd of their double header, which almost always starts at 7:30 Pacific / 10:30 Eastern. Normally that is fine if the game is in LA or Sacramento or Portland.
     
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    because salt lake city is in the Mountain Time Zone?
     
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    Yes, and Utah normally starts their home games at 7:30pm like everyone else, except when national TV says "no, you start at 8:30pm", which is pratically bedtime in the state of Utah.
     
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    The game starts at about 7:40pm (PT).
     
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    Yes. If they want to play on TNT, they have to play at 830 Utah time.
     
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    That's a kick in the balls to Utah people. The late state plus the longer halftime and timeouts due to it being on TNT.
     
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    Though it's not like Utah gets hosed all the time...iirc Miller has dictated that Utah won't play Sunday home games. I think it's more like Utah figured being on national TV was better than inconveniencing MST fans.
     
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    Yeah, game time at 10:30 is awesome for East Coasters!
     
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    Portland usually starts their home games at 7 pm, with tip-off around 7:07 or so.
     
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    I think it's that he won't attend Sunday home games, not that the team won't play them.
     
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    At least East Coasters can sit and watch it on the couch or in bed and nap during half time!
     
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    This is a good thing as most of the Utah fans are usually in bed by this time.
     
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    Right. 7:00pm starts. 7:30pm starts for national tv games.
     
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