NBA Schedule 2022-23: Strength Breakdown – Lakers With Most Schedule Wins; Warriors Top-2 in Most Schedule Losses
While the highlights of the league’s schedule announcement are opening night and Christmas, it’s always fascinating to go a bit deeper. Every year, NBA franchises and fan bases from numerous sports voice their dissatisfaction with the injustice of their calendar. Some of the complaints are valid, while others are not. There will be some schedules that are simpler than others.
Additionally, their statements may be measured objectively. Based on the winning percentage of the opponents still on their schedule, the strength displays the strength of the NBA clubs’ remaining schedules.
NBA schedule strength
Here’s the full list in order from easiest schedule to hardest:
- Nuggets
- Jazz
- Hawks
- Timberwolves
- Cavaliers
- Bucks
- Grizzlies
- Suns
- Celtics
- Clippers
- Raptors
- Heat
- 76ers
- Mavericks
- Lakers
- Pelicans
- Warriors
- Nets
- Hornets
- Bulls
- Trail Blazers
- Kings
- Wizards
- Pacers
- Knicks
- Pistons
- Magic
- Rockets
- Thunder
- Spurs
NBA most schedule wins
Here, a squad that has gotten plenty of rest takes against a foe coming off a back-to-back. These are sometimes referred to as “schedule wins” and “schedule losses.”
- Lakers
- Hawks
- Raptors
- Kings
- Timberwolves
- Cavaliers
- Suns
- Thunder
- Nuggets
- Mavericks
- Jazz
- 76ers
- Magic
- Pelicans
- Bucks
- Grizzlies
- Pistons
- Wizards
- Clippers
- Rockets
- Nets
- Trail Blazers
- Warriors
- Bulls
- Celtics
- Heat
- Pacers
- Spurs
- Knicks
- Hornets
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NBA most schedule losses
- Clippers
- Warriors
- Spurs
- Bulls
- Kings
- Thunder
- Timberwolves
- Pacers
- Nuggets
- Wizards
- Trail Blazers
- Knicks
- Pelicans
- Heat
- Mavericks
- Cavaliers
- Nets
- Jazz
- 76ers
- Hornets
- Celtics
- Hawks
- Magic
- Bucks
- Grizzlies
- Lakers
- Pistons
- Raptors
- Rockets
- Suns
CREDITS: Positive Residual’s Schedule Tracker
The NBA season begins with two storied rivalries between the two teams that advanced to the NBA Finals the previous year. The Philadelphia 76ers will travel to take on their enduring rivals, the reigning Eastern Conference champion Boston Celtics, on Tuesday, Oct. 18. The Los Angeles Lakers will next fly up the Pacific coast to play the 2022 NBA champion Golden State Warriors at Chase Center.
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