NBA lockout

[skangles]

[quote name='Raze Lupin' timestamp='1322456461' post='36343']

[size="5"]NBA 2011-2012 schedule confirmation[/size]



Here is an ESPN article explaining some of the schedule conditions. Looks like Skangles and I were on point.





http://www.talkbasket.net/forums/index.p...ge__st__40

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18 games against non-conference seems totally random. I would have guessed that the split would have been 51 and 15, that would have made evaluating records more fair within each conference.





Based on the split that Raze Lupin quoted I can only rationalize the split below:



Teams play divisional rivals 4 times (2 home, 2 away = 16 games).

Teams play 2 of the remaining conference teams 4 times (2 home, 2 away = 8 games).

Teams play the remaining 8 conference teams 3 times (uneven mix of home and away = 24 games).

Teams play 3 opposite conference teams 2 times (1 home, 1 away = 6 games).

Teams play the remaining 12 opposite conference teams 1 time (either home or away = 12 games).