Long after most people on the East Coast were asleep, the NBA finally announced the dates and times for the first round of the playoffs. Everything had to wait for the Western Conference standings to be finalized and television to grab the series it wanted.

For the Sixers, it's a 6 p.m. start in Detroit on Sunday and a 7:30 start on Wednesday. The first game will be on TNT, the second will be on NBATV and presumably one of the locals.

Game 3 in Philly is at 7 p.m. on Friday, April 25 on ESPN 2 and game 4 on Sunday, April 27 at 7 p.m. on TNT.

If more games are necessary they'll be Tuesday, April 29, Thursday May 1 and Saturday May 3 with times to be determined.