ESPN used to write this article about [scheduled losses](https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/25117649/nba-schedule-alert-games-your-team-lose-2018-19). Essentially, they would look at the entire season and identify high-risk games for teams purely based on their schedule.
Although since then the NBA has done a better job at the schedule, I still thought this would be fun analysis to do.
I have gone through and evaluated every NBA game this year and given the match-up a score based on five conditions:
1. Number of days of rest
2. Number of days of opponent rest
3. Travel distance
4. Timezone changes
5. Previous 7 game history
According to my analysis, the Rockets match-up against the Grizzlies tomorrow is the highest score this season for the Rockets.
Some factors that contributed to the score:
* Grizzlies on a three day break
* Houston playing fourth game in six nights
* Houston long travel to Memphis from San Francisco (even though in the Western Conference)
* Two hour timezone change
Markets have opened Grizzlies as 5.5 underdogs.
Interested to see what happens (granted is early in the season so fatigue probably should not play that large of a role)
For more detailed analysis, check this [out](https://twitter.com/BetsniperAUS/status/1727224250367652262).
by Milstein96
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If we lose to Memphis that win streak was an absolute fluke and we just plain suck
Regardless, I will be expecting a W today.