NBA : Εξήγηση της αγωνιστικής περιόδου των 82 παιχνιδιών
Explain the Game – 82 games schedule by Nienke van Rijn The last few years, a lot of players have complained that 82 games per season takes too much of a toll on their body, but so far no steps are taken to actually shorten the number of games. So far, the NBA did decide to add an extra week to the schedule to reduce the number of back to back games a team had to play in a season. When the NBA was founded, each team only played around 60 games per season, but that number soon went up when new franchises joined the league and the NBA began to earn more money. The first time NBA teams had to play 82 games in one season was in the 1967-1968 season. That season, two expansion teams, the San Diego Rockets and the Seattle SuperSonics, joined the league. Therefore, the total amount of games went up from 81 to 82 games per season. At that point, the NBA ha...