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Pending Twolves Schedule

 

From the NBA:

2011-12 NBA Schedule Breakdown


Regular Season Start Date: December 25, 2011

Regular Season End Date: April 26, 2012

Playoffs Start Date: April 28, 2012

Last Possible Finals Date: June 26, 2012

Individual Team Schedule Breakdown

Conference Games: 48

• Play 6 teams 4 times (2 home, 2 away)

• Play 4 teams 3 times (2 home, 1 away)

• Play 4 teams 3 times (1 home, 2 away)

Non-Conference Games: 18

• Play 3 teams 2 times (1 home, 1 away)

• Play 6 teams 1 time at home

• Play 6 teams 1 time away

Back to Back to Backs: All teams with at least 1; no more than 3

Playoff Back to Backs: Possible in second round


As you can see, only 4 games were dropped from conference play, while interconference games were slashed from 30 to 18. Based on that here is my (educated) guess at the TWolves number of games against each NBA team:
  • 4 games against division rivals- OKC, Den, Por, Uta
  • 4 games against other 5th placed western teams: Sac, Hou
  • 3 games ( 2 Home, 1 Away) against 2 Pacific + 2 Southwest teams (i.e. LAL, LAC & Dal,NO)
  • 3 games ( 1 Home, 2 Away) against remaining 4 western teams (i.e. Phx, GS & SA, Mem)
  • 2 games against 5th placed eastern teams: Tor, Cle, Was
  • 1 home game against 2 teams from each eastern division ( i.e Bos, Phi, Chi, Mil, Mia, Atl)
  • 1 road game against remaining eastern conference teams ( i.e NY, NJ, Ind, Det, Orl, Cha)