dang your right...we only play Utah 3 times this year...guess we gotta get the boo birds out two times as much on the night they come
He didn't do much for Finals ratings. Hope the players pick up Adelman's system fast because they've got a lot of games against playoff teams early on.
if it makes u feel any better, the Celtics only have 10 national televised games not couting the NBATV games. thats kinda low with all the hype the past 2-3 days noticed that we only play at LAL once and thats the opening game. May make the trip to the Clips game in April and have a road trip to SA, then come back the following night for the Suns.
Umm where have you been? We have a new coach and new players, we are no longer "boring". The only games I watch are Rockets so i disagree about the boring part. It's not about being a entertaining team. Lakers, Cavs and Heat aren't exactly entertaining teams and they got more games on TV than the Rockets. It's always about the star power but you'd think Yao and T-Mac alone should get you 20+ games. But that's not the case. I guess you have to be LeBron, Kobe or Wade to get more national tv exposure.
Man, that is a BRUTAL October/November. Oct 30 @ L.A. Lakers Thu 1 @ Utah Sat 3 Portland Mon 5 @ Dallas Tue 6 San Antonio BACK TO BACK TRAVEL Fri 9 Milwaukee Sun 11 @ Charlotte Tue 13 @ Memphis Wed 14 L.A. Lakers BACK TO BACK TRAVEL Fri 16 @ San Antonio Sat 17 Phoenix BACK TO BACK TRAVEL (4 games in 5 nights) Wed 21 Dallas Fri 23 @ Miami Sat 24 Denver BACK TO BACK TRAVEL Mon 26 @ L.A. Clippers Wed 28 @ Phoenix Thu 29 @ Golden State BACK TO BACK TRAVEL --- Holy CRAP. FIVE back to back games ALL OF WHICH ARE TRAVEL GAMES and most against contenders. Jeebus.
The Rockets are playing everybody that was in the Western Conf. playoffs in the first month. You don't even have to look at another schedule to figure out that this is the toughest schedule in the league for the first month. I've heard that the NBA schedules are computer generated, but it looks like somebody hit the edit button.
the funny thing is that everyone says they have the toughest schedule to start off too, but i'll admit that the rockets do have a lot of tough games to begin the season but its better to get these guys tested. rather have them go through the hard gel and that way when a softer portion in the schedule pops up the team wouldnt lose any "gimme" games because of lack of focus or discipline
We'll have at least 16 more National TV games during the playoffs, so don't worry about the regular season.
I did a quick breakdown of the schedule below. The letters/numbers behind certain games are explained at the bottom. October - 1 Away, 0 Home Tue 30 @ L.A. Lakers November - 9 Away, 5 Home Thu 1 @ Utah Sat 3 Portland Mon 5 @ Dallas Tue 6 San Antonio btcc Fri 9 Milwaukee Sun 11 @ Charlotte Tue 13 @ Memphis Wed 14 L.A. Lakers bt Fri 16 @ San Antonio Sat 17 Phoenix btcc4 Wed 21 Dallas Fri 23 @ Miami Sat 24 Denver btcc Mon 26 @ L.A. Clippers Wed 28 @ Phoenix Thu 29 @ Golden State btccr December - 8 Away, 6 Home Sat 1 @ Sacramento Wed 5 Memphis Fri 7 @ New Jersey Sun 9 @ Toronto Mon 10 @ Philadelphia bt Wed 12 Detroit Sat 15 Dallas Wed 19 Orlando Thu 20 @ Denver btccr Sat 22 @ Chicago Sun 23 @ Detroit btccr4 Fri 28 @ Memphis Sat 29 Toronto bt Mon 31 Golden State January - 6 Away, 8 Home Wed 2 @ Boston Fri 4 @ Orlando Sat 5 New York btc Tue 8 @ Washington Wed 9 @ New York bt4 Fri 11 Minnesota Sun 13 New Orleans Tue 15 Philadelphia Sat 19 San Antonio Mon 21 Seattle Wed 23 @ Seattle Fri 25 @ Portland Sun 27 Utah Tue 29 Golden State February - 5 Away, 8 Home Fri 1 @ Indiana Sat 2 @ Milwaukee btr Mon 4 @ Minnesota Thu 7 Cleveland Sat 9 Atlanta Mon 11 Portland Wed 13 Sacramento Tue 19 @ Cleveland Thu 21 Miami Fri 22 @ New Orleans btcr Sun 24 Chicago Tue 26 Washington Fri 29 Memphis March - 6 Away, 9 Home Sun 2 Denver Wed 5 Indiana Thu 6 @ Dallas btcr Sat 8 New Orleans Mon 10 New Jersey Wed 12 @ Atlanta Fri 14 Charlotte Sun 16 L.A. Lakers Tue 18 Boston Wed 19 @ New Orleans btcr Fri 21 @ Golden State Sat 22 @ Phoenix btccr4 Mon 24 Sacramento Wed 26 Minnesota Sun 30 @ San Antonio April - 6 Away, 3 Home Tue 1 @ Sacramento Thu 3 @ Portland Fri 4 @ Seattle btr Sun 6 @ L.A. Clippers Wed 9 Seattle Fri 11 Phoenix Sun 13 @ Denver Mon 14 @ Utah btccr Wed 16 L.A. Clippers b = back-to-back game t = back-to-back has travel in between games c = back-to-back contains one game against a projected contender cc = back-to-back contains two games against projected contenders r = second half of back-to-back is on the road 4 = last game of a four-games-in-four-nights run 18 back-to-back games - nearly HALF of our games will be played as part of a back-to-back situation and 16 of them will be part of a four-games-in-four-nights swing. All 18 are travel games 10 of them end in a road game 4 stretches of four games in four nights 8 of them have us facing contenders in BOTH games 4 of them have us facing at least one contender in one of the games In short, that is a brutal schedule in places.
