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BACK-TO-BACK-TO-BACK GAmES 2011–2012 Because of the lockout, the NBA schedule-makers have jammed 66 games in 124 days. This has necessitated the back-to-back-to-back scheduling situation, which is not normally a feature of the NBA schedule. Playing games on consecutive days is hard enough but playing three games in three days must be debilitating. The NBA has saddled every team with at least one of these this season. The first comes over the first three days of the season, as the LA Lakers face the Bulls on the 25th, the Kings on the 26th and the Jazz on the 27th. In all three games, the Lakers will vs facing a team that is playing their first game of the season. A complete listing of the number of times each team either is playing their third game in three days or facing an opponent that is playing their third game in three days is presented in the table below and a complete team-by-team listing is given on the facing page. # of Back-to-Back-to-Back Games 2011-12 Team Playing Hosting differential ATL 2 2 0 BOS 1 0 -1 CBC 1 1 0 CHI 1 3 +2 CLE 1 2 +1 DAL 1 2 +1 DEN 2 0 -2 DET 2 2 0 GST 1 3 +2 HOU 1 0 -1 IND 2 2 0 LAC 2 1 -1 LAL 1 0 -1 MEM 1 0 -1 MIA 1 0 -1 MIL 1 3 +2 MIN 2 2 0 NJN 2 4 +2 NOR 1 1 0 NYK 1 2 +1 OKC 1 1 0 ORL 1 1 0 PHI 2 1 -1 PHO 2 1 -1 POR 2 1 -1 SAC 1 2 +1 SAS 2 2 0 TOR 1 0 -1 UTH 1 2 +1 WAS 2 1 -1 14 | KillerSports.com Looking down the first column we see that the league has been very fair as every team in the league only has one or two threegames-in-three-days sequences this season. The parity, however, does not carry over to the second column. Here we find that there are seven teams that do not get a single opponent who is playing their third game in three days. On the other end of the rankings, we find the New Jersey Nets, who get four opponents that are playing their third game in three days. This has to help the Nets’ cause. The Bucks, Warriors and Bulls each get three opponents this season who are playing their third game in three days. The Difference column shows that the highest positive differential is plus two, shared by the Bulls, Warriors, Bucks and Nets. On the unfortunate end, we find the Nuggets, the only team in the league with a minus-two in this category. It is interesting to investigate the site of these games. For example, how many of the 42 three-games-in-three-days this season are all on the road? Are there any that are all at home and hence involve no travel? Are there some that all involve travel, as an away-homeaway sequence would? Answering these questions is easy with the Sports Data Query Language (SDQL). The SDQL text: rest+p:rest=0 and H and season=2011 will generate a listing of all the 3-in-3 games that are being played at home this season. The game listing reveals that 20 of the 42 “3-in-3” sets this season end at home. The complete distribution of the site sequences is given below: AAA 10 HAA 1 AHA 5 AAH 4 AHH 3 HAH 16 HHA 3 HHH 0 The lion’s share of the games are either the HAH sequence or the AAA sequence and there are no HHH sequences. Another thing to investigate is the opponent’s rest. It turns out that is 18 of the 42 third-game-in-three days, the opponent is unrested as well, thus evening the match-up somewhat. Finally, we can investigate the number of games in which BOTH teams are playing their third game in three days. There is one such game all season. On March 24, the Pacers and Bucks face each other in Milwaukee. Both teams played on the previous two days. AND we didn’t even investigate the MIDDLE game of the 3-in- 3 set. Perhaps that is where all the value lies. Maybe the UNDER will be the play in the middle game. Pay attention. The handicappers who are the first to uncover the manner in which teams perform in these unusual scheduling situations will have a big advantage over the linesmakers. Play Smart. Play Informed. Use the SDQL to investigate these scheduling situations.
THIRD GAmE IN THREE DAYS 2011–2012 Opponent is Playing a Third Game in Three Days TEAm 1 2 3 4 ATL 12/31 A vs HOU 2/15 A vs PHO - - BOS - - - - CBC 4/15 H vs BOS - - - CHI 1/7 A vs ATL 1/10 A vs MIN 1/23 H vs NJN - CLE 2/22 H vs NOR 4/18 H vs PHI - - DAL 1/18 A vs LAC 4/4 H vs MEM - - DEN - - - - DET 3/16 A vs PHO 3/26 A vs WAS - - GST 1/14 A vs CBC 1/25 H vs POR 3/10 H vs DAL - HOU - - - - IND 2/14 H vs MIA 3/24 A vs MIL - - LAC 2/16 A vs POR - - - LAL - - - - MEM - - - - MIA - - - - MIL 1/2 A vs DEN 1/5 A vs SAC 3/24 H vs IND - MIN 4/19 A vs DET 4/22 H vs GST - - NJN 2/1 H vs DET 2/4 A vs NYK 2/16 A vs IND 4/6 H vs WAS NOR 3/22 H vs LAC - - - NYK 1/11 H vs PHI 2/20 H vs NJN - - OKC 2/14 H vs UTH - - - ORL 4/15 A vs CLE - - - PHI 3/25 A vs SAS - - - PHO 3/1 H vs MIN - - - POR 2/4 H vs DEN - - - SAC 1/11 A vs TOR 4/18 H vs SAS - - SAS 1/8 A vs OKC 1/18 A vs ORL - - TOR - - - - UTH 12/27 A vs LAL 3/25 A vs ATL - - WAS 1/11 A vs CHI - - - Team is Playing a Third Game in Three Days Complete Listing TEAm 1 2 3 4 ATL 1/7 H vs CHI 3/25 H vs UTH - - BOS 4/15 A vs CBC - - - CBC 1/14 H vs GST - - - CHI 1/11 H vs WAS - - - CLE 4/15 H vs ORL - - - DAL 3/10 A vs GST - - - DEN 1/2 H vs MIL 2/4 A vs POR - - DET 2/1 A vs NJN 4/19 H vs MIN - - GST 4/22 A vs MIN - - - HOU 12/31 H vs ATL - - - IND 2/16 H vs NJN 3/24 A vs MIL - - LAC 1/18 H vs DAL 3/22 A vs NOR - - LAL 12/27 H vs UTH - - - MEM 4/4 A vs DAL - - - MIA 2/14 A vs IND - - - MIL 3/24 H vs IND - - - MIN 1/10 H vs CHI 3/1 A vs PHO - - NJN 1/23 A vs CHI 2/20 A vs NYK - - NOR 2/22 A vs CLE - - - NYK 2/4 H vs NJN - - - OKC 1/8 H vs SAS - - - ORL 1/18 H vs SAS - - - PHI 1/11 A vs NYK 4/18 A vs CLE - - PHO 2/15 H vs ATL 3/16 H vs DET - - POR 1/25 A vs GST 2/16 H vs LAC - - SAC 1/5 H vs MIL - - - SAS 3/25 H vs PHI 4/18 A vs SAC - - TOR 1/11 H vs SAC - - - UTH 2/14 A vs OKC - - - WAS 3/26 H vs DET 4/6 A vs NJN - - 2011–2012 NBA Schedule Log | 15
Page 1 and 2: The 2011-12 KillerSports.com NBA Sc
Page 3 and 4: 2011-2012 NBA SCHEDULE OVERVIEW The
Page 5 and 6: 2011-2012 NBA OPPONENT BREAKDOWN CO
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Page 11 and 12: 2011-2012 DAYS REST DISTRIBUTION A
Page 13: PLAYING FOUR GAmES IN FIVE DAYS (CO
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