The past week, we’ve broken down the number of weekend back-to-backs (defined as Saturday-Sunday or Sunday-Monday) for all 30 NBA teams, separating our research by division.
We’re almost at the end of this project, but we have two more installments left. We shift into an overview of this topic, split into two parts.
In part two, you’ll get a breakdown of how various weekend back-to-backs originated with home-team or road-team locations, and if evident scheduling conflicts existed for the local team or population (or both). Today is a simpler overview — we provide the accumulated numbers for both the weekend back-to-backs themselves, and for the numbers of poorly handled or properly handled ones.
This unpacks the previous six days of division-by-division research on the subject:
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2015-2016 NBA SCHEDULE: WEEKEND BACK-TO-BACKS (B2Bs)
EASTERN CONFERENCE
ATLANTA: 4 weekend B2Bs; 3 poorly handled, 1 properly handled
BOSTON: 5 B2Bs; 4 poorly handled, 1 properly handled
BROOKLYN: 3 B2Bs; 2 poorly handled, 1 properly handled
CHARLOTTE: 2 B2Bs, both properly handled
CHICAGO: 2 B2Bs; 1 poorly handled, 1 properly handled
CLEVELAND: 3 B2Bs, all properly handled
DETROIT: 7 B2Bs; 5 poorly handled, 2 properly handled
INDIANA: 6 B2Bs; 4 poorly handled, 2 properly handled
MIAMI: 3 B2Bs; 2 poorly handled, 1 properly handled
MILWAUKEE: 6 B2Bs; 3 poorly handled, 3 properly handled
NEW YORK: 2 B2Bs, both poorly handled
ORLANDO: 5 B2Bs; 3 poorly handled, 2 properly handled
PHILADELPHIA: 5 B2Bs, all poorly handled
TORONTO: 4 B2Bs; 3 poorly handled, 1 properly handled
WASHINGTON: 3 B2Bs; 1 poorly handled, 2 properly handled
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WESTERN CONFERENCE
DALLAS: 6 B2Bs; 3 poorly handled, 3 properly handled
DENVER: 4 B2Bs; 2 poorly handled, 2 properly handled
GOLDEN STATE: 4 B2Bs; 1 poorly handled, 3 properly handled
HOUSTON: 6 B2Bs; 4 poorly handled, 2 properly handled
L.A. CLIPPERS: 5 B2Bs; 1 poorly handled, 4 properly handled
L.A. LAKERS: 8 B2Bs; 7 poorly handled, 1 properly handled
MEMPHIS: 4 B2Bs; 2 poorly handled, 2 properly handled
MINNESOTA: 2 B2Bs; 1 poorly handled, 1 properly handled
NEW ORLEANS: NONE (the only team in the league with no weekend back-to-backs this season)
OKLAHOMA CITY: 3 B2Bs, all poorly handled
PHOENIX: 6 B2Bs; 1 poorly handled, 5 properly handled
PORTLAND: 7 B2Bs; 5 poorly handled, 2 properly handled
SACRAMENTO: 6 B2Bs; 4 poorly handled, 2 properly handled
SAN ANTONIO: 1 B2B, properly handled — San Antonio is the only team in the league with one weekend back-to-back this season.
UTAH: 5 B2Bs; 3 poorly handled, 2 properly handled
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NOTES
1) The Lakers lead the league with eight weekend back-to-backs. They also lead the league in (as defined by our parameters) poorly handled weekend back-to-backs, with seven.
2) Detroit leads the Eastern Conference with seven weekend back-to-backs. The Pistons finished tied with the Philadelphia 76ers in the Eastern Conference for the most poorly handled weekend B2Bs, with five. Boston and Indiana share third place with four apiece.
3) The conference leaders in properly handled weekend B2Bs:
EAST: Cleveland Cavaliers and Milwaukee Bucks, 3 apiece
WEST: Phoenix Suns, 5 (Los Angeles Clippers are second with 4)
4) Teams with no poorly handled weekend B2Bs:
EAST: Charlotte, Cleveland.
WEST: New Orleans (no B2Bs to begin with), San Antonio (only one B2B on the schedule).
5) Teams with no properly handled weekend B2Bs:
EAST: New York, Philadelphia.
WEST: Oklahoma City.
6) Number of teams with three or fewer weekend back-to-backs:
EAST: 7 — Brooklyn, Charlotte, Chicago, Cleveland, Miami, New York, Washington.
WEST: 4 – Minnesota, New Orleans, Oklahoma City, San Antonio.
League total: 11.
7) Number of teams with six or more weekend back-to-backs:
EAST: 3 — Detroit, Indiana, Milwaukee.
WEST: 6 — Dallas, Houston, L.A. Lakers, Phoenix, Portland, Sacramento.
League total: 9.