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

Yvan J. Kelly
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Yvan J. Kelly: Flagler College, St. Augustine, FL, USA, kellyyj@flagler.edu

Journal of Sports Economics, 2010, vol. 11, issue 1, 100-105

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: professional basketball; scheduling; chi-square; competitive balance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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DOI: 10.1177/1527002509337497

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