Which teams have the most back to back games for the 2010-2011 season? (ranking)

[Drucci]

Interesting ranking, which shows the obvious favorable treatment the Lakers get :

One of the first questions every NBA fan has when the league releases its season schedule is, “How many back-to-backs does my team have?” The full 2010-11 slate was released on Tuesday afternoon, so I dumped the information into a spreadsheet and did a quick count of the B2Bs. Off the top of my head, I think the Bulls had 23 back-to-backs last year as well. Oh well.

1. CHI 23
2. MIL 23
3. CHA 22
4. CLE 22
5. LAC 22
6. NJN 22
7. PHI 22
8. POR 22
9. DET 21
10. HOU 21
11. IND 21
12. MEM 21
13. NY 21
14. WAS 21
15. DAL 20
16. ORL 20
17. BOS 19
18. DEN 19
19. MIA 19
20. MIN 19
21. TOR 19
22. UTA 19
23. GSW 18
24. NO 18
25. SAC 18
26. SAS 18
27. ATL 17
28. OKC 17
29. PHX 16
30. LAL 15

http://www.basketballprospectus.com/unfiltered/?p=542

Do the Lakers get the fewest back to back in the entire league as a privilege for being the defending champs? Plus, among their back to back, two of them are supposed to be "road games" but against the Clippers, so...

I don't have the back to back ranking for the previous years but I wonder how the schedule-makers decide which teams get the most back to back. I thought it was mostly an age thing but we get a lot of them and young teams like OKC and Atlanta are among the teams with the fewest back to back.

[LooseCannon]

It has to be a geography thing.  Of the 8 teams with fewer B2Bs than Boston, only one (Atlanta) is in the Eastern Conference.  Of the 16 teams with more B2Bs than Boston, the ones from the West are the Clippers, Blazers, Rockets, Grizzlies, and Mavericks.

Your perception is screwed if you think the Celtics are playing a lot of back-to-backs, considering a tad more than half the league has more.

Last season, the Hornets had the fewest with 16, while Charlotte and Chicago had the most, at 23.  Boston had 18, the Lakers had 20.

[clover]

Good to know Kobe will be rested for the playoffs!   

[the_Bird]

More back-to-backs means having more times when there are two days off between games.  Not sure it really makes much of any difference in the end.

[nba is the worst]

Opponent's b2b is equally relevant, as is the proportion of home vs away on the 2nd game.

Hopefully someone will put in the deeper analysis...

[Change]

b2b games could get ugly for the Celtics next season. Doc will rest KG & ShaQ alot next season. They may even get those days off. It also means less minutes for Pierce & Ray but i doubt they'll misses those games unless of an injury.


NBA must love the Loser out west.

[Donoghus]

This is just one of those things that have really never done anything for me.  I don't really care.  They all play 82 games; 41 at home & 41 on the road.  For all intents & purposes, it evens out in the end, IMO.