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Why do we play 82 games per season in the NBA?

1,230. This is not a significant date in the history of France, but the number of matches contained in the NBA regular season calendar. That is to say without the playoffs.

Even though in recent years, voices have regularly been raised for the league to reduce it in order to allow players to benefit from more rest, the NBA clings to its annual schedule of 82 games per team.

The NBA is still far from baseball's 162 games per team per season, but it remains one of the leagues with the densest schedule in the world.

How did we get here ? Answer in this episode.

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