Thunder-Lakers: Another late night for the weary


Posted April 27, 2010 by Berry Tramel Comment on this article Leave a comment

Another 9:30 p.m. (or later) start awaits Oklahomans enjoying the frenzy over the Thunder-Lakers series. So far in this series, we’ve had starts of 9:40 p.m., 8:40 p.m., 8:40 p.m.

People are staying up to watch — the Thunder television ratings are exponentially higher than they’ve ever been — but it makes for bleary eyes in Oklahoma work places. And get used to it.

L.A. LAKERS: Oklahoma City's Kevin Durant (35) moves to the hoop past Pau Gasol (16) of L.A. during the NBA basketball game between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Oklahoma City Thunder in the first round of the NBA playoffs at the Ford Center in Oklahoma City, Saturday, April 24, 2010. Photo by Nate Billings, The Oklahoman ORG XMIT: KOD
L.A. LAKERS: Oklahoma City's Kevin Durant (35) moves to the hoop past Pau Gasol (16) of L.A. during the NBA basketball game between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Oklahoma City Thunder in the first round of the NBA playoffs at the Ford Center in Oklahoma City, Saturday, April 24, 2010. Photo by Nate Billings, The Oklahoman ORG XMIT: KOD

The Thunder is headed for a lot of years in the Western Conference playoffs, and the NBA isn’t planning to change the scheduling format.

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Berry Tramel, a lifelong Oklahoman, sports fan and newspaper reader, joined The Oklahoman in 1991 and has served as beat writer, assistant...


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