Tip-Off Timer: Are 82 Games Too Many?
Danny Schayes, Matt Guokas, Tip-Off Timer | Comments Off
Filed under: 76ers, Celtics, KnicksTip-Off Timer counts down the days until the first game of the 2009-10 season. On Thursday, there are exactly 82 days remaining. The number 82 wasn't always the magic number in the NBA. It just seems that way. Although the length of the playoffs and the number of teams has grown dramatically in the last 42 years, not since the Philadelphia 76ers won the NBA title in 1967 has the NBA schedule (aside from the lockout season) had anything other than 82 games. "Not sure the significance of the number, but everyone has just gotten used ...