2011-12 NBA Schedule Outlined By New York Times' Howard Beck

by Kris Willis on Nov 27, 2011 2:00 PM EST

New York Times' NBA writer is reporting details of the new condensed NBA schedule via his twitter account. Here are the details according to Beck:

The NBA will play 66 games with the regular season running from December 25 through April 26. Teams will average about 3.9 games per week which is up from 3.5 per week during a normal season.
Each team will play at least one back-to-back-to-back set pf games and up to three during the season. No details on what teams but this could have a significant effect on a team in terms of injury and such.
Each team will play 48 games in their own conference and 18 games out of conference.
Every second-round playoff series will have at least one back-to-back set of games.

Any guesses as to how many back-to-back-to-back sets of games the Hawks end up with? Here is to also hoping that one of the annual West Coast trips also gets wiped out.

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Hawks will end up with 3 back-to-back-to-back games

They always get screwed on that type of stuff.

by BravesFanScout on Nov 27, 2011 2:44 PM EST reply actions

Yup.

by xavip on Nov 27, 2011 4:28 PM EST up reply actions

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by jdewayneatl on Nov 27, 2011 3:48 PM EST reply actions

Hawks will end up beating teams on sheer talent and losing on account of Smiths shooting Horfords dribbling Joes defense and problems that occur on offense when they try to matchup defensively.

Hawks trade {Al Horford} for {PF Jon Leuer and C Andrew Bogut}
* Andrew Bogut * Jon Leuer * Josh Smith * Joe Johnson * Jeff Teague *
* Zaza Pachulia * Keith Benson * Malcolm Thomas * Marvin Williams * Kirk Hinrich *
inj. reserve: Pape Sy, Jason Collins

by PointGuardSlim on Nov 27, 2011 5:03 PM EST reply actions

Really?

Joe’s one of our best defensive players.

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by JoshChildressAfroIsCure4Cancer on Nov 27, 2011 9:46 PM EST up reply actions

he probably enjoyed watching the bibby crawford backcourt

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by Throw on Nov 27, 2011 10:47 PM EST up reply actions

So much for 66 being a magic number

I guess they went unbalanced to cut travel costs and make it easier to schedule back to back. 66 would have been perfect for 2 games against 25 teams and 4 games against the 4 division opponents.

by Evildallas on Nov 27, 2011 7:50 PM EST reply actions

didnt we lead the nba in back to back games last year?

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by Throw on Nov 27, 2011 10:48 PM EST reply actions

Not sure but it seemed as though we led the NBA in back-to-backs against good teams

I think we had a couple of Miami-Orlando back-to-backs. May have had a Boston-Orlando one also.

@Kris_Willis

by Kris Willis on Nov 27, 2011 11:47 PM EST up reply actions

You are correct

by Evildallas on Nov 28, 2011 4:30 AM EST up reply actions

I think it's because of the easy flight connections

Those were home/road back-to-backs and Atlanta is conveniently located with respect to about 20 league teams. That gives them a lot of flexibility with respect to Atlanta either being a quick flight to or from the other city.

On the bright side Atlanta did fairly well on 2nd nights of back to back games last year. No idea how well we’d handle back-to-back-to-back games.

by Evildallas on Nov 28, 2011 4:36 AM EST up reply actions

On the plus side

3 straight days of hawks basketball

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by Throw on Nov 28, 2011 12:48 AM EST reply actions