Could the time zone impact the #NBA Finals winner?

New York and Texas are separated by just a single time zone, which is good for the Knicks, as teams on the East Coast tend to perform worse when they head out west to play basketball since the athletes need to process jet lag. The win percentage of Eastern teams playing a road game that tips off at the equivalent of 4:30 to 6:29 p.m. ET is 39.7 percent. When the game is at 10:30 p.m. or later, that drops to 34.9 percent.

Jacob Feldman and Lev Akabas, Sportico