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The Myth of Scheduling Bias With Back-to-Back Games in the NBA

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  • Yvan J. Kelly

    (Flagler College, St. Augustine, FL, USA, kellyyj@flagler.edu)

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The National Basketball Association (NBA) league office determines the playing schedule for its member teams and in doing so assigns an unequal number of games played on consecutive nights (back-to-back games). Although NBA coaches privately complain of a bias in the scheduling of these types of games, a study of five seasons of data show that no bias exists. Although differences in the number of back-to-back games do result in a slight variation in competitive balance, one positive externality is that these type games reduce travel costs by millions of dollars per year.

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  • Yvan J. Kelly, 2010. "The Myth of Scheduling Bias With Back-to-Back Games in the NBA," Journal of Sports Economics, , vol. 11(1), pages 100-105, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:jospec:v:11:y:2010:i:1:p:100-105
    DOI: 10.1177/1527002509337497
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