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BULLET POINTS FOR THE 2011–2012 <strong>NBA</strong> SCHEDULE<br />
For the first team in over ten years, a team will face six straight<br />
unrested opponents. From 3/17/2012 through 3/28/2012,<br />
the Chicago Bulls face six straight unrested opponents. In<br />
the last five, they are rested. In fact, looking from 3/10 to 3/28, the<br />
Bulls play ten games. In nine of the ten, they are facing an unrested<br />
opponent. Check it out by flipping back to their schedule.<br />
Over the past ten <strong>NBA</strong> seasons, there has been a total of one<br />
occurrence of a team playing five games in six days. This season,<br />
there are 29 such games.<br />
• The Cleveland Cavs have only THREE games the entire season<br />
in which they are rested and their opponent is not.<br />
• The Miami Heat only host two opponents all season who are<br />
playing the second of back-to-back road games – and in both,<br />
they are unrested as well.<br />
• This season has the three longest homestands in the past ten<br />
<strong>NBA</strong> seasons. The Cleveland Cavaliers are at home from February<br />
8th through February 28th, playing nine home games over<br />
these 21 days. The Denver Nuggets are at home from Monday<br />
March 5th through Wednesday March 21st, playing nine home<br />
games on every odd day in the span. The Sacramento Kings have<br />
a nine-game home stand from Wednesday March 7th through<br />
Thursday March 22nd, playing nine games in 14 days. This is a<br />
significant departure from the last strike season in 1998-99. In<br />
that season there were no homestands of seven games or longer.<br />
• From 3/17 to 3/28 the Chicago Bulls face six straight unrested<br />
opponents. This is the longest unrested opponent streak this<br />
season. The last time a team faced six straight unrested opponents<br />
was during the 2001-02 season.<br />
• From 3/13 to 3/17 the Dallas Mavericks have a three-game<br />
homestand in which they are rested and each one of their op-<br />
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ponents in playing the second of back-to-back road games.<br />
• The Cleveland Cavaliers start the season with fourteen straight<br />
rested opponents. This is the longest string of unrested opponents<br />
this season. Cleveland first unrested opponent this season, comes<br />
on January 21st.<br />
• From 1/2 through 1/5, the Buck have a string of three straight<br />
games in which their opponent is unrested and playing their<br />
fourth game in five days.<br />
• On 4/14 and 4/16 the Nets play the Celtics and Heat and in<br />
both cases their opponent is playing the second of back-to-back<br />
road games and their fourth game in five days.<br />
• From 4/15 through 4/19, the Hornets have four straight opponents<br />
that are playing their fourth game in five days.<br />
• From 1/17 through 1/25, the Utah Jazz play four straight home<br />
games in which they are rested vs an unrested opponent. In the<br />
last three, their opponent is playing the second of back-to-back<br />
road games.<br />
• From 1/10 through 1/14, the Washington Wizards have four<br />
straight opponents who are playing their fourth game in five<br />
days.<br />
• From 3/5 through 3/10, the Wizards have three straight home<br />
games vs Western Conference teams who are playing the second<br />
of back-to-back road games.<br />
• The Orlando Magic host six opponents this season who played<br />
in Miami the day before. The Heat host NO opponents who<br />
played in Orlando the day before. In 2010-11, the Miami Heat<br />
enjoyed eight opponents who played in Orlando the previous<br />
day.
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