76ers-Knicks Game 6 Late Start Time Rightfully Has Fans Sounding Off

The 76ers and Knicks will tip-off at 9 p.m. ET on Thursday night.

Apr 30, 2024; New York, New York, USA; New York Knicks guard Jalen Brunson (11) drives to the basket / Brad Penner-USA TODAY Sports

The Philadelphia 76ers and New York Knicks are currently locked in arguably the most entertaining first-round series of the 2024 NBA playoffs.

The Knicks hold a 3–2 series lead as the teams have traded incredible finishes. Game 6 will take place at 9 p.m. ET Thursday night in Philadelphia, and fans are not happy about that scheduling.

The Sixers-Knicks game will be the second part of an NBA playoff doubleheader starting at 6:30 p.m. ET. The Milwaukee Bucks and Indiana Pacers will open the night, with the battle in Philly closing things out. Having the the first round's marquee series start an elimination game at 9 p.m. on a Thursday night is a bold piece of NBA scheduling.

A series of tweets reacting to that decision follows.

When you're over 35 and realize game six doesn't start until 9 p.m. pic.twitter.com/QUIcF1HFiH

— CogginToboggan (@CogginToboggan) May 1, 2024

Adam Silver should be impeached for scheduling Thursday’s Knicks-Sixers game at 9 PM

— Clem (@TheClemReport) May 1, 2024

wtf the Knicks are 9pm tomorrow? That’s awful

— Lat Damon (@delbenz) May 1, 2024

Hey @NBAPR what is wrong with you? Scheduling #Knicks #Sixers Game Six at 9PM on a Thursday night?! How out of touch can you be? Two East Coast teams playing! Kids have school the next day, people gotta go to work the next day! This is a joke! #DoBetter

— Joe 'Baboots' Curci (@JoeyBaboots) May 1, 2024

The Knicks/Sixers game starting at 9pm on Thursday is an absolutely diabolical move from Adam Silver. The only way I get any sleep that night is a blowout win for the Knicks. Any other scenario and I’m fooked. The nerve of that guy.. #NBA #NewYorkForever

— El Jefe (@FilmmakerJeff) May 1, 2024

Why is the Knicks sixers game at 9pm on thursday night? Who does scheduling for nba?

— Ron from Owings Mills (@Sprewellfan8) May 1, 2024

Why in the hell would the NBA schedule an East Coast playoff game for 9 pm tip off?! Knicks and Sixers fans gotta be unhappy about this, right?!

— Brian Cady (@briancady) May 1, 2024

It's easy to understand why East Coast fans are so upset. That's an incredibly late tip on a weeknight. So many fans who would usually watch will be in bed by the time it finishes. This is the kind of scheduling that made the Pac-12 irrelevant.

The Knicks won the first two games of the series, before the 76ers won Game 3 behind 50 points from Joel Embiid. Game 4 went to New York as Jalen Brunson dropped 47 points to lead the way. On Tuesday night, the Sixers took Game 5 in overtime when Tyrese Maxey took over and scored 46. It has been an action-packed affair and at 3–2, the serious could legitimately go either way. It would be nice if more people could watch it.