During last week’s post about Chicago’s scheduleapocalypse, I mentioned that the Bulls play a league-high 23 sets of back-to-back games…just like last season. Here’s how the Bulls did in the second game of back-to-backs last season:
Overall record in back-to-backs:
10-13
Home record:
4-3
Road record:
6-10
Record versus playoff teams:
3-7
Record versus non-playoff teams:
7-6
Double-digit losses:
8
Double-digit wins:
4
Wins:
vs. MIN 110-96
vs. WAS 121-119 (2OT)
@ HOU 104-97
vs. MIA 95-91
@ NYK 115-109
vs. PHI 122-90
@ PHI 98-84
@ DET 110-103
vs. CHA 96-88
@ CHA 98-89
Losses:
@ BOS 118-90
@ TOR 99-89
vs. TOR 110-98
@ATL 118-83
vs. BOS 106-80
@ NYK 88-81
@ CHA 113-108
@ PHI 106-103 (OT)
vs. ORL 107-87
@ IND 100-90
@ MIA 108-95
@ DAL 113-106
@ NJN 127-116 (2OT)
Here’s a list of the second night of back-to-backs the Bulls will play in 2010-11:
@ BOS
@ SAS
@ PHO
@ SAC
vs. HOU
vs. MIN
@ WAS
@ DET
vs. CLE
@ NJN
vs. BOS
vs. MIA
vs. CHA
vs. IND
vs. MIA
vs. NOH
vs. UTH
@ IND
@ ATL
@ MIL
vs. TOR
@ CLE
vs. NJN
Next season, the Bulls have 11 road games and 12 home games on the second night of back-to-backs, while facing 12 playoff teams and 11 non-playoff teams (although they play the Cavaliers twice, and I doubt they will be a playoff team this season).
Considering they almost went .500 in the second of B2Bs last season, it will be interesting to see how a much-improved Bulls team does.