The quote by Patterson at the end of this article is worth reading.
"Greatness always happens somewhere where hard work and dreams meet," Patterson said. "Before the season, you did your dreaming. Now you need to do the hard work. That's what we're trying to accomplish."
This is actually a really good explainer on how the networks pick which games they’ll show, and what times each game will be. Reminder: Game times are not Chris Del Conte’s fault.