San Antonio Spurs 2007-2008 Schedule

[spurschick]

OCTOBER
30 Portland
31 @ Memphis

NOVEMBER
2 Sacramento
6 @ Houston
7 Miami
9 @ New Orleans
11 Milwaukee
13 L.A. Lakers
15 @ Dallas
16 Houston
20 @ Atlanta
21 Orlando
23 Memphis
25 @ Seattle
26 @ Sacramento
28 Washington
30 @ Minnesota

DECEMBER
2 Portland
5 Dallas
7 Utah
11 @ Golden State
13 @ L.A. Lakers
15 Denver
17 Phoenix
19 @ Memphis
22 L.A. Clippers
26 Chicago
28 Toronto
30 Memphis

JANUARY
3 @ Denver
4 New York
6 @ L.A. Clippers
7 @ Golden State
10 Detroit
12 Minnesota
14 Philadelphia
17 Cleveland
19 @ Houston
21 @ Charlotte
23 L.A. Lakers
24 @ Miami
26 New Orleans
28 @ Utah
29 @ Seattle
31 @ Phoenix

FEBRUARY
5 @ Indiana
6 @ Washington
8 @ New York
10 @ Boston
11 @ Toronto
13 @ Cleveland
19 Charlotte
21 @ Minnesota
23 New Orleans
25 Atlanta
28 Dallas

MARCH
1 @ Milwaukee
2 @ New Jersey
4 New Jersey
6 Indiana
7 @ Denver
9 @ Phoenix
10 Denver
12 @ New Orleans
14 @ Detroit
15 @ Philadelphia
17 Boston
20 @ Chicago
21 Sacramento
23 @ Dallas
25 @ Orlando
26 L.A. Clippers
28 Minnesota
30 Houston

APRIL
1 Golden State
4 @ Utah
6 @ Portland
9 Phoenix
11 Seattle
13 @ L.A. Lakers
14 @ Sacramento
16 Utah

[himat]

Duncan against Oden for your first game. Nice.

[tmtcsc]

Sweet....we get to play Houston twice in the first month. You can imagine how busy this forum will be with the Scola loons in here.

[ducks]

yeah especially considering spurs start off slow

[Creation88]

WTF!? is the NBA trying to kill us in that Rodeo Road-Trip. we're all over the country for that one. sheesh.

that'll be a true test for our veteran team. i like the Duncan vs. Oden match-up in the first game.

[ducks]

if scola sucks scola fans will say he is adjusting if he dominates scola lovers will say told you spurs should not have traded him
scola haters will say spurs start off slow means nothing

[ShoogarBear]

Holy crap.

A ten-game rodeo trip.

The second half of the trip is six games in nine nights, with TWO B2Bs!

:spless:

Good thing we got all those new fresh legs in the offseason.

[ducks]

atleast they get allstar break in there

[ducks]

they have 30% of their road games in 30 days
13 of 15 on the road from Jan 19 - Feb 21.

[ducks]

atleast spurs play boston late

[George Gervin's Afro]

we play 10 straight road games? 11 out of 12? I'd say that's a tough stretch.

[tmtcsc]

atleast spurs play boston late

:lol

For Boston's sake right ?

[ducks]

no everythign thinks they are champs
spurs can go in there late and tell them who is boss!

[boutons_]

OCTOBER

30 Portland
31 @ Memphis

NOVEMBER
2 Sacramento

6 @ Houston
7 Miami

9 @ New Orleans

11 Milwaukee

13 L.A. Lakers

15 @ Dallas
16 Houston

20 @ Atlanta
21 Orlando

23 Memphis

25 @ Seattle
26 @ Sacramento

28 Washington

30 @ Minnesota

DECEMBER
2 Portland

5 Dallas

7 Utah

11 @ Golden State

13 @ L.A. Lakers

15 Denver

17 Phoenix

19 @ Memphis

22 L.A. Clippers

26 Chicago

28 Toronto

30 Memphis

JANUARY
3 @ Denver
4 New York

6 @ L.A. Clippers
7 @ Golden State (4 games/5 days)

10 Detroit

12 Minnesota

14 Philadelphia

17 Cleveland

19 @ Houston

21 @ Charlotte

23 L.A. Lakers
24 @ Miami (transcontinental, in the wrong direction)

26 New Orleans

28 @ Utah
29 @ Seattle

31 @ Phoenix

FEBRUARY
5 @ Indiana
6 @ Washington

8 @ New York

10 @ Boston
11 @ Toronto ( 5 games in 7 days)

13 @ Cleveland

19 Charlotte

21 @ Minnesota

23 New Orleans

25 Atlanta

28 Dallas

MARCH
1 @ Milwaukee
2 @ New Jersey

4 New Jersey

6 Indiana
7 @ Denver

9 @ Phoenix
10 Denver (3 B2B, 7 games in 10 days, !!)

12 @ New Orleans

14 @ Detroit
15 @ Philadelphia

17 Boston

20 @ Chicago
21 Sacramento

23 @ Dallas

25 @ Orlando

26 L.A. Clippers

28 Minnesota

30 Houston

APRIL

1 Golden State

4 @ Utah

6 @ Portland

9 Phoenix

11 Seattle

13 @ L.A. Lakers
14 @ Sacramento

16 Utah

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17 B2B

[Testing]

Why is Memphis their 2nd game of the season....should they start off with some decent teams? :lol

[TDMVPDPOY]

looks like an easy scedule for us expecially rodeo trip on east coast :):)

spurs to finish with 60+ wins

[fred33]

yeah chrismas holiday at san antonio

[Mitch Cumsteen]

Celtics on St. Patrick's Day in SA. Pretty cool.

[FromWayDowntown]

Celtics on St. Patrick's Day in SA. Pretty cool.

That didn't work out so well for the Spurs the last time that happened:

Celtics 91, Spurs 85 -- March 17, 2007 (http://www.nba.com/games/20070317/BOSSAS/boxscore.html)

[ShoogarBear]

Celtics on St. Patrick's Day in SA. Pretty cool.Um, last year on St. Patrick's Day in SA the Celtics beat Tim Duncan for the first time ever.

[FromWayDowntown]

Um, last year on St. Patrick's Day in SA the Celtics beat Tim Duncan for the first time ever.

Great point.

[Mitch Cumsteen]

Um, last year on St. Patrick's Day in SA the Celtics beat Tim Duncan for the first time ever.Even though we lost, playing the Celts on St. Paddy's day is cool. If they make it a yearly tradition (the game, not losing, that is), even better. The fact that the Celtics are worth watching now, even better.

One other schedule note:
That LA/Miami back to back is ridiculous. How does the league schedule a game like that? That's a Wednesday/Thursday back to back. So the Spurs finish up a game in LA around 10:15 (if there's no OT), shower and go directly to the airport (another 2 hours or so), take a 5 hour (?) flight losing 3 more hours with the time change, and get to Miami around 8 or 9 in the morning for a game at 7:30 that night? Terrible.

[FromWayDowntown]

That LA/Miami back to back is ridiculous. How does the league schedule a game like that? That's a Wednesday/Thursday back to back. So the Spurs finish up a game in LA around 10:15 (if there's no OT), shower and go directly to the airport (another 2 hours or so), take a 5 hour (?) flight losing 3 more hours with the time change, and get to Miami around 8 or 9 in the morning for a game at 7:30 that night? Terrible.

I don't see that -- I see a game in San Antonio on January 23 against LA and then a game in Miami on January 24 against the Heat. That's not an unusual back-to-back at all; the Spurs have a similar back-to-back in November, playing at Atlanta on the 20th and home against Orlando on the 21st.

It's only a one time-zone difference.

Interestingly, though, the Spurs get Miami twice on the 2nd night of a back-to-back.

I'm fairly certain that the league scheduling rules don't permit a team to travel across more than 2 time zones to play back-to-back.

[Mitch Cumsteen]

I don't see that -- I see a game in San Antonio on January 23 against LA and then a game in Miami on January 24 against the Heat. That's not an unusual back-to-back at all; the Spurs have a similar back-to-back in November, playing at Atlanta on the 20th and home against Orlando on the 21st.

It's only a one time-zone difference.

Interestingly, though, the Spurs get Miami twice on the 2nd night of a back-to-back.

I'm fairly certain that the league scheduling rules don't permit a team to travel across more than 2 time zones to play back-to-back.You're right. I mis-read it. It's not that bad.

Although I still think there are way too many back-to-backs across the league, and it leads to an inferior product on the floor and more injuries. And I think a lot of it has to do with the TNT exclusive deal where they won't let any other games go on during their telecasts. It forces a lot of unnecessary back to backs.

[ploto]

Try this trip and these back-to-backs...

DECEMBER
Tue 18 @ L.A. Clippers 10:30pm
Wed 19 @ Portland 10:00pm
Fri 21 @ Seattle 10:30pm
Sat 22 @ Phoenix 9:00pm
Fri 28 @ San Antonio 8:30pm
Sat 29 @ Houston 8:30pm
Mon 31 @ New Orleans 8:00pm

[CubanMustGo]

That schedule is so fucked. Longest series at home is all of four games. On top of the rodeo road trip the Spurs turn into vagabonds in March, too:

March/April:
2 home <-
2 away
1 home
3 away
1 home
1 away
1 home
2 away
4 home <- so travel between every game for THIRTEEN STRAIGHT GAMES
2 away
2 home
2 away
1 home

[spurs4real]

When did they change the season to 81 games, I thought it was 82?

Theres only 81 games on that schedule.

[theroc5]

When did they change the season to 81 games, I thought it was 82?

Theres only 81 games on that schedule.
ya thats what i just counted

[himat]

Just curious. How did you find the schedule? The NBA schedule comes out later today and I can't find any team's schedule on nba.com.

[ploto]

Just curious. How did you find the schedule? The NBA schedule comes out later today and I can't find any team's schedule on nba.com.
Raptors one is here:http://www.nba.com/raptors/schedule/results_2007.html

Try replacing team name...

http://www.nba.com/spurs/schedule/results_2007.html

[himat]

Raptors one is here:http://www.nba.com/raptors/schedule/results_2007.html

Try replacing team name...

http://www.nba.com/spurs/schedule/results_2007.html

Thank you

[ploto]

When did they change the season to 81 games, I thought it was 82?

Theres only 81 games on that schedule.
Jan 26 New Orleans in SA

[shelshor]

Its also at
http://www.nba.com/schedules/?team=spurs

[ShoogarBear]

Jan 26 New Orleans in SAAh-ha. So that makes the RRT only nine games.

[FromWayDowntown]

But the time around the RRT still has the Spurs on the road for 11 of 13. If you go back about a week from the Game at Miami, the Spurs play a stretch with 13 of 16 on the road. You'd expect with that sort of grouping that there would be some long home stand during the season, but that doesn't appear to be the case, since the Spurs' other road games involve a lot of one-game trips.

[kolko]

The Rodeo Road Trip is 9 games long. The one posted in this topic is missing a game.

http://www.nba.com/spurs/schedule/

[spurschick]

The Rodeo Road Trip is 9 games long. The one posted in this topic is missing a game.



Not anymore. I added the missing game.

[angel_luv]

Whoosh- the Spurs and my work schedule is out. :)

[Aud21946]

As usual after the Spurs win a championship .. we get the hose job from the corrupt league.

[spurschick]

This is a good deal.

http://www.nba.com/spurs/tickets/highfive_070802.html

[Avitus1]

The opener is going to be great. Cant wait to get tickets!

[ttdog]

I noticed that the home tipoffs are back to 7:30pm as well.

[angel_luv]

I noticed that the home tipoffs are back to 7:30pm as well.


Oh yea!!!!!!!!!!!! :elephant :elephant That helps me out a lot!

[Real Tomato Ketchup]

I noticed that the home tipoffs are back to 7:30pm as well.

That is the best news of the afternoon. That train got me several times last year.

[ploto]

I noticed that the home tipoffs are back to 7:30pm as well.
But, but I thought everyone said they wanted the games at 7:00?

Be careful, there are still some 7:00 starts for TV.

[timvp]

That's a pretty vicious schedule. It's a far cry from when the champion Lakers would get month long home stretches near the end of the season to pad their record.

But the Spurs become a better team when the schedule is tough. If the schedule is easy, the Spurs get lazy and start going thru the motions. With this schedule, it'll be tough to get the top seed in the WC, but the Spurs should be playing their best ball come April.

[Sense]

17 B2Bs?

ahh.... yeah we aren't winning the division or the conference again.

[T Park]

Top seed in the WC is overrated.


Back to 730 I see.

Shit, I liked the damn 7 starts. You got home at a decent time.

[Spurs Brazil]

http://www.nba.com/features/keydates_070802.html

Ten to Watch
By John Schuhmann
Posted Aug 2 2007 1:37PM

There are 1230 games in the NBA schedule, and true NBA junkies like you and me will do our best to watch as many of them as we possibly can. We'll order League Pass as soon as it's available, we'll do our annual TiVo purging come October, and we can always catch summer repeats if Lost or The Wire conflicts with a big game.

Still, with today's release of the 2007-08 schedule, we want to see when those big games are, so we can circle the dates and the calendar and plan ahead. Because nothing can come in the way of watching Durant's debut, KG's return to Minny, or a Mavs-Warriors rematch.

With that in mind, here are 10 dates to keep clear of anything that could keep you from the TV (or the arena, if you happen to live in one of the following cities).


October 30 - The Rings and the Rookie
Portland @ San Antonio, 8 p.m. ET, TNT
Houston @ LA Lakers, 10:30 p.m. ET, TNT
So, Greg Oden is the next franchise big man, huh? Well, he's going to make his NBA debut against THE franchise big man in the league today. Tim Duncan and the Spurs will get their latest set of rings, raise another banner, and then welcome Oden to the show. The big man from Ohio State told us that he was nervous in his Summer League debut, so it will be interesting to see how he's going to handle facing the best player in the world in his first game that counts.
Last season, the Bulls spoiled the Heat's ring night by spanking them on their own floor, and Miami never recovered. I doubt that happens to the Spurs this time around, but hey, it's an even year.

In the second game of TNT's double-header, T-Mac and Yao visit Kobe and the Lakers. It will be KB24's first home game since his public-cry-for-assistance-slash-trade-request-that-he-took-back, so tune in to see how the Staples Center crowd welcomes him back.


October 31 - KD, meet AI
Dallas @ Cleveland, 8 p.m. ET, ESPN
Seattle @ Denver, 10:30 p.m. ET, ESPN
Greg Oden was the No. 1 pick, but the favorite to win Rookie of the Year is Kevin Durant. The Sonics are building their team for the future, they're building it around the kid from the University of Texas, and they've got good reason to do so. He's got a full offensive repertoire, he's 6-9, he's got a 7-5 wingspan, and he's got a fire in his belly that has him sleeping in the gym so he can get in extra workout time.
Durant makes his NBA debut on the second night of the season, visiting Carmelo Anthony, Allen Iverson and the Nuggets. Denver will be tipping off their first full season with Iverson, so expectations will be high.

Other rookie debuts on this night include Yi Jianlian and the Bucks in Orlando and Mike Conley and the Grizzlies hosting the Spurs.

Meanwhile, ESPN's coverage begins with the Mavs in Cleveland. Finals preview? Last season's MVP vs. this season's MVP? Maybe both.


November 2 - The New Big Three
Washington @ Boston, 8 p.m. ET, ESPN
Danny Ainge has completely remade the Celtics' roster with the trades that brought in Ray Allen and Kevin Garnett. Along with Paul Pierce, they form perhaps the best trio in the league.
We'll have to wait a few nights to see them playing together, but it should be well worth it. In their season opener, the Celtics will host the Wizards and one of the other Big Threes, Arenas, Butler and Jamison, giving everyone an early chance to see how they measure up.


November 8 - Not a Good Match
Dallas @ Golden State, 10:30 p.m. ET, TNT
Avery Johnson and the Mavs will have had six months to figure out the Warriors by the time this matchup arrives. Golden State pulled off perhaps the biggest upset in NBA Playoffs history back in early May after the Mavs had put together a historic regular season. We'll find out early on if the Warriors still have something on the Mavs, or if Dallas can answer the riddle that is Don Nelson's squad. Other Golden State-Dallas matchups take place on Jan. 2 (NBA TV), March 30 (NBA TV) and April 2 (ESPN).

December 6 - Date With a Showman
Miami @ Portland, 10:30 p.m. ET, TNT
Shaquille O'Neal likes to think of himself (and who's to argue?) as a showman, a top level karate master. The following quote is from an interview with him last summer...
Basically, it's a karate move. You gotta fight all the karate guys, and once you kill them off, now you gotta get to the ninjas. Once you get through the ninjas, now you gotta get to the showmen.
Now me, I'm the showman of big men.

So, you could call Greg Oden a "karate guy", the new kid on the block. He gets his first chance to meet the showman on Dec. 6 on TNT. The two big men will also meet in Miami on Jan. 18 on ESPN.

Monday, December 17 - Rematch
Phoenix @ San Antonio, 8:30 p.m. ET, NBA TV
We know that the Suns aren't too happy with how the Western Conference Semifinals went. The series was tied at 2-2, Amare Stoudemire and Boris Diaw were suspended for Game 5, the Spurs won in six, and they then went on to with the NBA title.
Phoenix will get their first chance at revenge in mid-December, as they visit the Spurs on NBA TV. Other Suns-Spurs matchups take place on Jan. 31 (TNT), March 9 (ABC) and April 9 (ESPN).


Wednesday, December 19 - Recipe for a Classic
Phoenix @ Dallas, 9:30 p.m. ET, ESPN
Last season, the Suns and Mavs gave us a couple of incredible games in the midst of going on countless double-digit winning streaks throughout the season. While you've probably heard the best-friends-forever story of Dirk and Nash a thousand times, you can't deny that, along with quality supporting casts, the two MVPs give you great basketball every time they meet.

December 25 - A New Holiday Tradition
Miami @ Cleveland, 2:30 p.m. ET, ABC
Phoenix @ LA Lakers, 5 p.m. ET, ABC
Seattle @ Portland, 8 p.m. ET, ESPN
Sure, turkey is a great holiday staple, but sometimes, it's nice to try something new, like going out for Chinese food when the neighbor's dogs invade your house and eat the stuffed bird. So, how about we try D-Wade, Shaq and LeBron on Christmas this year? And better yet, let's get the Suns and Lakers together too. And to top it off, let's see what all the hype is about with the first ever matchup of Greg Oden and Kevin Durant.
Three great games. It's like Christmas ... on Christmas.


February 8 - The Return of the Big Ticket
Boston @ Minnesota, 10:30 p.m. ET, ESPN
For the last 12 years, Kevin Garnett has been the centerpiece of the Minnesota Timberwolves. Through good times and bad, KG stuck with his team and gave them everything he had every single night. Now, he's a Celtic, and the Wolves are starting over. Target Center fans will see their hero in another uniform for the first time on February 8 on ESPN. Prepare for a delay in the start of the game.

March 19 - The Answer Comes Back
Denver @ Philadelphia, 7 p.m. ET, League Pass
It's already been more than seven months since Allen Iverson was traded to the Nuggets, and with the KG trade fresh in our minds, we might forget about the biggest deal of 2006. But you know that Philly fans are looking forward to March 19, when AI finally returns to the City of Brotherly Love to face the franchise that he made such an impact on for the first time

[BigBeezie]

Looks like a killer schedule to me... I would love to go to the Dallas and Phx games...

[Switchman]

Tim Duncan and the Spurs will get their latest set of rings

I love that sentence.

[clubalien]

That's a pretty vicious schedule. It's a far cry from when the champion Lakers would get month long home stretches near the end of the season to pad their record.

But the Spurs become a better team when the schedule is tough. If the schedule is easy, the Spurs get lazy and start going thru the motions. With this schedule, it'll be tough to get the top seed in the WC, but the Spurs should be playing their best ball come April.

If the spurs organzarion ( not fans) complan about the rodeo road trip they need to shut up. They had a dome designed for them in the alamo dome and decided they weren't makeing "enough" money so they stole the stadom for the rodeo. So they have to live with the rode road trip. Next time don't steal another groups building when you had your own.

The rodeo road trip is suggested by some as a good thing since it builds adversity into the season. We dont want a wussy team that folds (dallas mavs) we build chapmion teams here. Champion teams face adversity. Also Spurs have always been a better road team than a home team so it doesn't hurt us any.

Spus do suck on back to backs no mater where taken place though.

[spurschick]

If anyone is interested, here is the preseason schedule:

SAT Oct. 13 Greece
THU Oct. 18 Golden State
SAT Oct. 20 Detroit
FRI Oct. 26 Houston

[ShoogarBear]

If anyone is interested, here is the preseason schedule:
SAT Oct. 13 Greece

FRI Oct. 26 HoustonNo. Way.
:lol

[timvp]

No. Way.
:lol

Tour de Holt

[FromWayDowntown]

They had a dome designed for them in the alamo dome and decided they weren't makeing "enough" money so they stole the stadom for the rodeo. So they have to live with the rode road trip. Next time don't steal another groups building when you had your own.

Those statements couldn't be more incorrect.

The Alamodome was NOT -- it was NEVER -- built for the Spurs. When the referendum was before the voters in the late 80's, it was sold as a necessary step for the City to have any opportunity for professional football. I vividly recall the discussions from around that time and an active debate among factions that the building should actually be a dual-purpose baseball/football dome, to expand the City's chances to lure a team from another major sport. But in that discussion, there was NEVER any belief that the Alamodome would be constructed to house the Spurs.

Even at that time, there was a belief that San Antonio also needed a new mid-sized arena, for the Spurs and for the other sorts of events that now take place at the AT&T Center. It's not as if the mid-sized arena thing was some invention of the Peter Holt ownership group.

It turned out that when the City opened the Alamodome and did not have an anchor tenant -- because no NFL team had been granted to San Antonio -- the Spurs, then owned by Red McCombs, agreed to occupy the Alamodome for some period of time. And from 1993-94 through 2001-02, the Spurs were a good community citizen by continuing to serve as a primary tenant in the Alamodome. But in doing so, the Spurs were hemorraging cash -- and, economically, that assertion makes perfect sense -- the longer they stayed in that building.

You'll also note that when the Spurs re-invigorated talk of a mid-sized arena around 1999, the initial overtures for such a building were made to the City of San Antonio and then Mayor Howard Peak. In the earliest stages of talk about a new Spurs building, the contemplation was that the new building might be constructed adjacent to the Alamodome or using TIF's on the far Northside. For various reasons, those plans were shot down; in my own opinion, the negotiations between the City and the Spurs fell apart because Howard Peak lacked any real understanding of the Spurs' insistence upon a new building and tried to load any referendum concerning the construction of such a building using public funds with tag-along public works programs that would have doomed the referendum in an election. I don't have a quarrel with public works programs, but they were clearly not popular with those who would vote on the arena referendum.

Regardless of the reason, the Spurs negotiations with the City failed and the deadline for working out a reasonable deal to build a new mid-sized arena in Metropolitan San Antonio loomed. Realizing that the metro area might suffer significantly by losing the Spurs, then County Judge Cyndi Krier stepped up to the plate and offered a new referendum idea using County land, rather than City land. Of course, in dealing with the County, it stood to reason that any deal involving a new arena would also be a deal that would benefit one of the County's main programs -- the San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo, which was held at the Freeman Coliseum, on County land. Without the Spurs, the Rodeo would still be taking place at the Freeman Coliseum; without the Rodeo, the Spurs would be playing in St. Louis, New Orleans, or some other locale.

In conclusion, then, the Spurs:

1. didn't have "a dome designed for them in the alamo dome"

2. the Spurs weren't doing well financially while serving as the Alamodome's primary occupant, and

3. the Spurs didn't "steal the stadium for the rodeo"

Notwithstanding the absolutely non-factual nonsense in your post, I also don't hear the Spurs organization (or even many Spurs' fans) truly complaining about the Rodeo Road Trip. It's a reality of life for the Spurs and Spurs fans these days, and it's actually not unique among NBA teams.

[CubanMustGo]

In conclusion, then, the Spurs:

1. didn't have "a dome designed for them in the alamo dome"

2. the Spurs weren't doing well financially while serving as the Alamodome's primary occupant, and

3. the Spurs didn't "steal the stadium for the rodeo"

Notwithstanding the absolutely non-factual nonsense in your post, I also don't hear the Spurs organization (or even many Spurs' fans) truly complaining about the Rodeo Road Trip. It's a reality of life for the Spurs and Spurs fans these days, and it's actually not unique among NBA teams.

And that, children, shows just how much FWD can pwn your average ST poster.

[bdictjames]

Great February schedule. Good time to kick things up for the playoffs.

[SequSpur]

lottery bound forum

[ShoogarBear]

And that, children, shows just how much FWD can pwn your average ST poster.I think he selects a Post of the Week to vent pwnage on, just to keep in shape.

[boutons_]

"17 B2Bs?"

I remember a Piston fan saying they had 21 B2B a couple years ago.

Somebody should go through all 30 schedules for B2B per team.

NBA should put the schedule out as .xls or other standard file so it could be imported to a database program.

[FromWayDowntown]

"17 B2Bs?"

I remember a Piston fan saying they had 21 B2B a couple years ago.

Somebody should go through all 30 schedules for B2B per team.

NBA should put the schedule out as .xls or other standard file so it could be imported to a database program.

I recalled reading a couple of years ago that bad teams tend to be the ones who play the most back-to-backs. I didn't try to do all 30 schedules, but I went through 4 that I thought might be fairly representative of that phenomenon and discovered that there might be some truth to it.

In 2007-08, I count both Dallas and Phoenix as having 17 back-to-backs, just like the Spurs. By contrast, Charlotte has 21 and Memphis has 19. I suspect that if someone went through them all, we'd find that the numbers are actually pretty close and that by-and-large, the better teams (from a perception standpoint) will have fewer. I'd be surprised if the low went any lower than about 16 and if the high went much higher than about 22; after all, 21 back-to-backs means more than half of the team's schedule involves back-to-back games.

[jaespur21]

so with the rodeo road trip talk when i get a chance im interested to see who the Spurs are matched with

[himat]

I believe that the Pistons have had the most B2B's for the last couple of years, and this year they have 18.

Right now I don't want to do the research, so don't take my word for it. I am sure that the Pistons are a team with a lot of B2B's though.

[himat]

"17 B2Bs?"

I remember a Piston fan saying they had 21 B2B a couple years ago.



That number is easy for me to remember because their are 82 games in a season, which is 41 sets.

Half of 41 is 20.5, and I remember using an argument that more than half of the Pistons season is a part of a back to back set (21>20.5)

[aaronstampler]

This kinda sucks. The team is gonna have total Lakeritis anyway and coast for the first 50 games, and with the home-heavy first half, we're going to waste all our home games. Then by the time the team starts giving a shit, the sked becomes a nightmare.

Hello 5th seed.

Eh. I figured after winning it all as a 3rd seed last year anyway, the team would stop caring about the reg season altogether. Maybe they'll try to top the 95 Rockets accomplishment when they won it all as a 6th, at our expense no less.

[himat]

It was not 21 B2B's it was actually 22.

[Switchman]

8th seed to championship or the season is a failure.

[dknights411]

Try this trip and these back-to-backs...

DECEMBER
Tue 18 @ L.A. Clippers 10:30pm
Wed 19 @ Portland 10:00pm
Fri 21 @ Seattle 10:30pm
Sat 22 @ Phoenix 9:00pm
Fri 28 @ San Antonio 8:30pm
Sat 29 @ Houston 8:30pm
Mon 31 @ New Orleans 8:00pm

damn. That sucks.