Spoiler <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p>The Bulls play 27 games against teams on the back end of a back-to-back. The Lakers play only 11.</p>— Ed Kupfer (@EdKupfer) <a href="https://twitter.com/EdKupfer/statuses/364902426676965376">August 7, 2013</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p>In 2013-14, the Clippers play 32 games where they have more rest days than their opponents, most in the league by 7 games.</p>— Ed Kupfer (@EdKupfer) <a href="https://twitter.com/EdKupfer/statuses/364904187072491520">August 7, 2013</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p>The Lakers play 30 games against opponents who have a rest days advantage, most overall. Fewest: Toronto with 11.</p>— Ed Kupfer (@EdKupfer) <a href="https://twitter.com/EdKupfer/statuses/364904770881859584">August 7, 2013</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p>Early running for most useless stat: Celtics play 52 games against opponents with exactly the same # of rest days. Fewest: Clippers with 27.</p>— Ed Kupfer (@EdKupfer) <a href="https://twitter.com/EdKupfer/statuses/364905348181663744">August 7, 2013</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p>Getting pretty dumb now: 29% of Charlotte and Boston's travel miles are on back ends of B2Bs, most overall. OKC and GSW fewest at 13%.</p>— Ed Kupfer (@EdKupfer) <a href="https://twitter.com/EdKupfer/statuses/364907490091089920">August 7, 2013</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p>Minnesota/Sacramento play four games against each other. Each game, SAC is playing on fewer rest days than MIN. This is big deal to no one.</p>— Ed Kupfer (@EdKupfer) <a href="https://twitter.com/EdKupfer/statuses/364912031301771264">August 7, 2013</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
I interpreted "partial plan" to mean "mini plan," though I guess it could also refer to a 1/2 season. Either way, I'm not sure I buy it. A ticket rep told me earlier in the summer that they would only be doing full season tix and individuals... that was obviously a lie. LOL.
I had to do a little bit of work to extract all of the games but I was curious myself so I might as well sharing my findings here is the rockets national tv schedule breakdown. 27 National Television Games in Total 10 ESPN Games 10 TNT Games 6 NBA TV Games 1 ABC Game Nov 4th Houston @ LA Clippers 10:30 (NBA TV) Nov 7th L.A. Lakers @ Houston 9:30 (TNT) Nov 14th Houston @ New York 8:00 (TNT) Nov 20th Houston @ Dallas 9:30 (ESPN) Dec 12th Houston @ Portland 10:30 (TNT) Dec 13th Houston @ Golden State 10:30 (ESPN) Dec 18th Chicago @ Houston 3:30 (ESPN) Dec 20th Houston @ Indiana 8:00 (ESPN) Dec 25th Houston @ San Antonio 8:00 (ESPN) Dec 26th Memphis @ Houston 8:00 (TNT) Dec 29th Houston @ Oklahoma City 7:00 (NBA TV) Jan 3rd New York @ Houston 8:00 (NBA TV) Jan 8th L.A. Lakers @ Houston 9:30 (ESPN) Jan 16th Oklahoma City @ Houston 9:30 (TNT) Jan 20th Portland @ Houston 8:00 (TNT) Feb 10th Houston @ Minnesota 8:00 (NBA TV) Feb 19th Houston @ L.A. Lakers 10:30 (ESPN) Feb 20th Houston @ Golden State 10:30 (TNT) Feb 26th Houston @ L.A. Clippers 10:30 (ESPN) Mar 7th Indiana @ Houston 9:30 (ESPN) Mar 13th Houston @ Chicago 7:00 (TNT) Mar 16th Houston @ Miami 3:30 (ABC) Mar 29th L.A. Clippers @ Houston 8:00 (NBA TV) Apr 1st Houston @ Brooklyn 8:00 (TNT) Apr 4th Oklahoma City @ Houston 9:30 (ESPN) Apr 8th Houston @ L.A. Lakers 10:30 (TNT) Apr 14th San Antonio @ Houston 8:00 (NBA TV) Congrats Clutchfans your Rockets will be on the National Map!
That calculates to about a 1/3 of the season on national tv. Good news for those who don't have comcast at least for a third of the season.
Damn, it's so awesome to look at the schedule and just start counting Ws. Heck, I've gone like 20 games down and I found basically one obvious loss, Nov 30 against the Spurs on a B2B.
National TV Games: Mon 11/4 @ LA Clippers, 9:30 NBATV Thu 11/7 vs LA Lakers, 8:30 TNT Thu 11/14 @ New York, 7:00 TNT Wed 11/20 @ Dallas, 8:30 ESPN Thu 12/12 @ Portland, 9:30 TNT Fri 12/13 @ Golden State, 9:30 ESPN Wed 12/18 vs Chicago, 8:30 ESPN Fri 12/20 @ Indiana, 7:00 ESPN Wed 12/25 @ San Antonio, 7:00 ESPN Thu 12/26 vs Memphis, 7:00 TNT Sun 12/29 @ Oklahoma City, 6:00 NBATV Fri 1/3 vs New York, 7:00 NBATV Wed 1/8 vs LA Lakers, 8:30 ESPN Thu 1/16 vs Oklahoma City, 8:30 TNT Mon 2/10 @ Minnesota, 7:00 NBATV Wed 2/19 @ LA Lakers, 9:30 ESPN Thu 2/20 @ Golden State, 9:30 TNT Wed 2/26 @ LA Clippers, 9:30 ESPN Fri 3/7 vs Indiana, 8:30 ESPN Thu 3/13 @ Chicago, 6:00 TNT Sun 3/16 @ Miami, 2:30 ABC Sat 3/29 vs LA Clippers, 7:00 NBATV Tue 4/1 @ Brooklyn, 7:00 TNT Fri 4/4 vs Oklahoma City, 8:30 ESPN Tue 4/8 @ LA Lakers, 9:30 TNT Mon 4/14 vs San Antonio, 7:00 NBATV Edit: Oops! TheDr34m beat me to it.
I got a call from a rep today. They are still selling half season plans. He mentioned one of them included the Heat game. I think I'll hold out and just purchase individual games though. Cost more per game but at least you don't get stuck with any bad ones.
Nice work! If you don't have Comcast, you get to see our beloved Rockets play at least ONCE A WEEK on national TV. Opps, I guess I could change this, but that is minus the 6 NBA TV games. So I should say that the rest of the country gets to see our beloved Rockets play at least once a week. lol
Does anyone else think we could possibly go undefeated through February, we could potentially be trading Omer that month for a ready PF if our current options don't sow the necessary improvements. I may be over rating the rockets but I feel we realistically should go 10/10
Keep in mind that doesn't include the Tuesday night fan night votes on NBA TV. So for those rockets fans that don't live in Houston you can see the rockets play on national tv over 30+ times.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Sign of the times: Rockets will be on national TV 26 times this season. For frame of reference: Miami will be on nat'l TV 27 times.</p>— Jason Friedman (@JasonCFriedman) <a href="https://twitter.com/JasonCFriedman/statuses/364871911538307073">August 6, 2013</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
