why have the lakers only played 5 road games?
by celtsucka on Dec 13, 2009 8:05 PM EST
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There is no doubt Stern has some hand in this but I dont think the NBA is intentionally trying to give the Lakers an advantage. The Staples Center, being in LA, has a very busy schedule and is usually booked for something or the other. Its hard to fit NBA games there. Also the Lakers also have one of the highest strength of schedules in the league, I think its top 5 or something, meaning they havent been playing pushover teams. I do agree with you that they still need to be tested on the road and all those home games can build momentum and confidence for the rest of the season, but i dont think theres a pro laker conspiracy or anything, most likely just a fluke. Laker Fans will complain when they have all those road games later on anyway.
I think its a good thing
Because we have a better record than the Lakers at this stage and their home heavy schedual (to me) has discredited their record.
by Scal4theallstargame on Dec 13, 2009 9:50 PM EST reply actions
We have an 8 game road trip in january
We’ll barely see the staples center during that time….it’ll even out
"If your not first, then your last"
Ricky Bobby
41 at home and 41 away
Why does it even matter what is or isn’t fair? If your team is a champion and you believe in it who care what everyone else is doing. The Celtics rely on defense no matter where they play so who cares. It is just about playing night in and night out. Nobody cares. Just let them play the game and the best team will win the title. Let’s stop whining about who has or doesn’t have a favorable schedule. If you believe in your Celtics then stand by them. Don’t expect for them to win or loose based on a schedule. C’mon these are the Celtics.
It evens up late in the season...
LA`s final 41 games this season :
26 on the road…..only 15 at home!
yeah, yeah i know it evens out ....
here’s the thing, many things can happen in the last 41 games of the season. we should know this fully well as celtics fans. so you may have a tough first half of the season and a supposedly easier second half … but that assumes everybody stays healthy.
on the other hand, you have a lakers team that belongs to a conference that performs relatively better at home. so a strong first half of the season is almost expected from them. and remember they came out of the gate with gasol injured. so a majority of games at home boosted their cause.
i appreciate the responses … let’s just say i wouldn’t be “whining” if the disparity (12 road games for the celts thus far) wouldn’t be as huge.
Grammy's
I think it is because they have a 7-game road stretch because of the Grammy’s. The schedule was probably made to compensate for this stretch. I remember thinking the same thing last year around this time.
Lackers Home Schedule
Everyone keeps making this out to the Lackers advantage but I beg to differ. It seems to me that, on average, players are more likely to get injured as the season goes along. Since it is harder to win on the road and the Lackers will be playing more road games late in the season that this will ultimately work to their disadvantage. It’s hard to say for sure but it seems that the odds would suggest it is more of a disadvantage then an advantage.
why have the lakers only played 5 road games?
because staples center gets booked up for concerts and various events such as the grammys from jan-march, meaning the lakers typically play more road games in the latter portion of the season. its been like that for a while.
and them having so many home games at the beginning of the season isnt all that great
check out some of the road trips they go on after the All star game…theyre brutal….
Leave Chad Billingsley alone!!!
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