by --- on Tue Aug 14, 2007 7:31 pm
Why do you post like this? Every team has a rough combination of games and around 20+ back-to-backs every season. You could change the "Miami" in your post to any other NBA city and it will still work. Please, post things people want to read if you're going to post as much as you do.
By my count, the Miami Heat have 22 back-to-backs this season. Right on par with every other team in the NBA. The whole thing that makes a back-to-back difficult is obviously that you have to play another game the very next day, leaving you very little time to recover physically from the game the day before. My question is, did you even go through the schedule? The only thing that really matters when checking out the back-to-backs your favorite team will be playing this season is seeing who they play on the second night of the back-to-back, which is the game where they have the disadvantage.
Look at the teams they verse on the second night of a back-to-back, in order:
Indianapolis
Seattle
New Jersey
Orlando
Utah
Golden State
Phoenix
New Jersey
Philadelphia
Washington
Milwaukee
New York
Orlando
Philadelphia
Seattle
Atlanta
Toronto
Charlotte
Detroit
Indiana
Toronto
Of those 21 matchups, 10 are against teams who failed to make the playoffs last season. Of the remaining 11 matchups, 3 are against teams who secured just the 8th seed in their respective conferences. The remaining 8 matchups come against Utah, New Jersey (x2), Phoenix, Washington, Detroit and Toronto (x2). Of those 6 teams, only 4 teams had a better record than Miami last year.
So, of 22 games on the second night of a back-to-back, Miami only plays 4 games against teams better than them, based on last season.
Your post meant nothing at all.