The good thing about the second round is that there are fewer series to try to keep up with, and it’s easier to figure out who’s on what TV channel. Unfortunately, if you’re a fan of a Western Conference team, your sleep schedule gets hosed. Hard.
Eastern Conference games will always have a scheduled 7 or 7:30 Eastern start time, which means that the Western Conference games get a later start. By virtue of time zones, that’s going to happen anyway, but if you’re a fan of a Western Conference team in the Central time zone, that time zone bonus isn’t as good as if you were, say, a fan of the Sharks.