Obviously it was very convenient this time but now in LA, I fear hours are going to be a whole different story for the EU. Are we talking about middle of the night live games? I remember in Tokyo games started at 5 or 6 am which I guess was reasonable.
9PM West Coast time is midnight East Coast time. I suspect they’ll run the primetime events until 8PM so it can end by the traditional 11PM news broadcasts on the East Coast.