Dan Wetzen laments the horrid scheduling in this year’s NBA playoffs

Detroit and Cleveland tipped at 3:30 p.m. ET Sunday and not because the Pistons put up the best record in the league this year – “it wasn’t us,” Pistons guard Chauncey Billups said. No, it was LeBron James and LeBron James only.

Meanwhile, San Antonio, merely the defending NBA champion trying for its third title in four seasons, got to play fellow 60-game winner Dallas in the early game, which tipped off at noon in Texas. A thriller to the finish in the Mavericks-Spurs game was as predictable as an easy Pistons victory, and that’s what happened. Too bad anyone west of the Mississippi had to skip church to see it in its entirety.

I couldn’t agree more. For all intents and purposes, Dallas v. San Antonio is the western conference finals. (For the record: Go Clippers!) Why not put it in prime time? This is as bad as putting the Kobe v. Shaq game on in prime time over Detroit v. San Antonio — last year’s and likely this year’s finals matchup — for the Christmas day game.

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