It is time to get serious. Finally. No more guys sitting out with “injuries” that exist only so David Stern won’t fine teams for resting players. No more talk of real injuries that actually have wrecked some of the fun of the season. No more Derrick Rose talk… oh, I guess that doesn’t end. But at least now we can get on with games that mean something.

Let’s get on with some playoff basketball.

So you can set your DVRs — or put alerts in your Google calendar so you know to get to the bar and watch the game — here is the full schedule for the first round of the NBA playoffs. All times are Eastern. An “*” means if necessary.

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Oklahoma City vs. Houston

Game 1 – Sun April 21 at Oklahoma City 9:30PM (TNT)
Game 2 – Wed April 24 at Oklahoma City 7:00PM…