Slightly more, yes. 14 is the average number per team. My understanding is that there is a tighter spread of rest advantage games (where one team is on a back to back and the other isn't), but of course rest advantage is a bit more complicated than that. (E.g. are the back to backs two home games vs road/road, home/road or road/home)Does anybody know if that means more back-to-backs this season?
This is where I got my info.
"Two things are a little different about the number of back-to-backs this season. First, every team has 13, 14 or 15. That’s the smallest range in at least the last 28 years, with last season’s* scheduled range being 12-15. And while the average is up, the maximum has stayed the same.
There’s also a smaller range in rest-advantage differential. Last season there was a range from plus-6 (the Lakers and Raptors had six more rest-advantage games than rest-disadvantage games) to minus-6 (the Spurs had six fewer). This year, the range is plus-5 (four teams) to minus-5 (three teams). So the schedule is a little more fair across the board."