The NBA’s 2018-19 regular-season schedule was recently released – with all the pomp, circumstance and hoopla appertaining thereunto.
Along with affording the sporting public the opportunity to begin finalizing its Christmas Day snoozing schedule, Commissioner Adam Silver and his marketing minions took advantage of the opportunity to tout the league’s efforts towards reducing the wear-and-tear of that schedule upon its players.
For the second consecutive season, the schedule will span 177 calendar days, utilize 168 playing dates and be devoid of the accursed four-games-in five-days stretch. Additionally, the burden of playing on back-to-back dates continues its recent descent [via nba.