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1 key fact about every NBA team's schedule – NBA.com
Take a look at the rest advantages and more for all 30 teams as we dig deep into the 2023-24 schedule.
John Schuhmann
Reigning Kia NBA MVP Joel Embiid and the Sixers have a difficult 12-game stretch late in the season.
When the 2023-24 schedule was released in August, opening night and the Christmas slate were the big headlines. But there are lots of fun tidbits to be found with a deeper dive.
As noted after the release, the In-Season Tournament provides some new wrinkles. The most important fact to know is that, for every team, only 80 games have been scheduled. The other two will come in Week 7 (Dec. 4-9), which is currently empty. Those matchups will be determined by Group Play games of the In-Season Tournament, which will be played on Tuesdays and Fridays in November.
Here are some schedule notes for every team …
Note: A rest-advantage game (or rest-disadvantage game) is one where one team played the day/night before, but the other (the team with the advantage) did not. Over the last three seasons, teams are 542-403 (0.574) in rest-advantage games, 339-216 (0.611) at home and 203-187 (0.521) on the road.
Atlanta Hawks
Boston Celtics
Brooklyn Nets
Charlotte Hornets
Chicago Bulls
Cleveland Cavaliers
Dallas Mavericks
Denver Nuggets
Defending-champion Nuggets have only 1 back-to-back series in all of March and April.
Detroit Pistons
Golden State Warriors
Houston Rockets
Indiana Pacers
LA Clippers
Los Angeles Lakers
The Lakers are tied with 2 teams for the biggest rest-advantage discrepancy in 2023-24.
Memphis Grizzlies
Miami Heat
Milwaukee Bucks
Minnesota Timberwolves
New Orleans Pelicans
New Orleans won’t play a game in the Eastern time zone until Dec. 13 vs. Washington.
New York Knicks
Oklahoma City Thunder
Orlando Magic
Philadelphia 76ers
Phoenix Suns
Phoenix faces a tough schedule down the stretch in 2023-24.
Portland Trail Blazers
Sacramento Kings
San Antonio Spurs
Toronto Raptors
Utah Jazz
Washington Wizards
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