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Why does the NBA schedule back-to-backs

I don't understand why the NBA insists on repeating the scheduling quirk I call the "back-to-back"... when two teams play in Team A's gym and then the next night the same two teams play in Team B's gym.  For some reason, and I may be absolutely wrong here, but for some reason it seems impossible for one team to win both games, even if it is a superior team.

Thus the Bucks lost a game on the road to Charlotte that was one of those "gotta win" games I hate to see them let slip away.  (I consider any home game against any of the bottom 22 teams in the NBA and every road game against any of the bottom 10 teams in the NBA "gotta win" games... games you simply must put in the win column to be a serious contender. I base that estimate loosely on the historic home/road data.)

The thing that makes me mad is, I think if the Bucks had this particular game scheduled for some other time on the calendar, its a game they win.  Now, its a bit of a cop-out, I realize, but it just seems to me that teams dont get up to play teams they just beat.  Again, I may be wrong, but that seems to me to be a common occurence.

Of course, not having Bogut tonight because of back spasms really hurt, but then again he didn't do much on Friday night and the Bucks cruised.  Redd had an incredible game on Friday, as did Villanueva.

RJ, Moute, and company really seemed to struggle checking Charlotte F Boris Diaw both nights.  That was a bit surprising, although Diaw's a decent player.  But the Bucks usually lock those kind of one dimensional players down.

I'll have some statistical stuff in a bit.