The NBA released their schedule for the 2015-16 season last week, and upon further inspection, the Golden State Warriors will have a difficult regular season schedule to defend their crown as champions.
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The Warriors will have a league-high 20 sets of back-to-backs to deal with, one more than the 19 they had last season. The sets are comprised of 11 road/road, one home/home, four home/road, and four road/home contests. However, the Warriors do receive a reprieve as they will not be playing a stretch of four games in five nights at any point of the season (for the first time in franchise history). This is in line with the league’s focus on cutting down the number of…