difficulty of the 1982-83 NBA schedule (tough stretches of time)

[72-10]

team, tough series, 3 games in 3 nights, 4 games in 5 nights, 5 games in 6 nights

Denver, 12, 2, 10, 0
Dallas, 10, 0, 10, 0
San Diego, 10, 3, 6, 1
Milwaukee, 9, 2, 6, 1
Washington, 9, 1, 8, 0
New York, 8, 0, 8, 0
Chicago, 8, 1, 6, 1
San Antonio, 8, 1, 7, 0
Houston, 8, 1, 7, 0
Philly, 7, 1, 6, 0
Boston, 7, 1, 6, 0
Atlanta, 7, 1, 6, 0
Detroit, 7, 1, 5, 1
Kansas City, 7, 1, 5, 1
Utah, 7, 1, 5, 1
Los Angeles, 7, 2, 5, 0
Golden State, 6, 1, 5, 0
Phoenix, 6, 2, 4, 0
New Jersey, 5, 0, 5, 0
Cleveland, 4, 1, 2, 1
Indiana, 3, 0, 3, 0
Seattle, 2, 1, 1, 0
Portland, 1, 0, 1, 0
1982-83 LEAGUE, 158, 24, 127, 7
1980-81 LEAGUE, 158, 45, 108, 5

why wasn't there more parity with the scheduling?

[Real Men Wear Green]

They didn't think much about the importance of rest back then or how it might be unfair. And this second part is just me guessing but the NBA was not as popular so they probably had to be more accommodating to TV schedules and other events taking place in arenas.

[Xiao Yao You]

didn't have a computer doing the scheduling

[72-10]

but like, how they do 'em like dat, that's hard to do

[HoopsNY]

Interesting post. Do you have more information about it? Where did you source that information?