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Who has NBA's easiest, toughest schedule for rest of season? – NBA.com
Breaking down the schedules for the remainder of 2023-24 for all 30 teams with analysis for each squad.
John Schuhmann
The Suns’ late-season march to the playoffs comes with the NBA’s toughest schedule for the final 45 days of the season.
We’ve reached the home stretch of the 2023-24 season, which is 72% complete as we enter March.
The Boston Celtics are running away with the best record in the league and there are six teams (three in each conference) with (basically) no way to make the Play-In. But there’s still a lot to be sorted out between now and April 14.
Here’s a schedule breakdown for the final 45 days of the season …
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. Teams are 129-100 (.563) in rest-advantage games, 72-49 (.595) at home and 57-51 (.528) on the road, through Feb. 29.
Remaining strength of schedule
Here’s a look at the remaining schedule for every team, sorted from the toughest (in regard to cumulative opponent winning percentage) to the easiest:
OppPCT = Cumulative opponent winning percentage (as of Feb. 29)
B2B = Back-to-backs (includes four Feb. 29 – March 1 back-to-backs)
H | R = Home games | Road games
Notes on every Eastern Conference team
Notes on every Western Conference team
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