Fantasy Basketball Playoff Schedule Breakdown for 2012

While most of you have drafted by now, it's still very important to consider the fantasy basketball playoff schedule when evaluating trades and waiver wire pickups...especially with this season having a much greater disparity than usual in the number of games played over the final weeks of the NBA regular season.

For your convenience, I've provided a breakdown of games played by NBA team over the span of the fantasy playoffs and during the championship week.

Overall Playoff Breakdown
Here's how it breaks down from Week 22 through 25.  (Note that Yahoo! lumps Week 25 in with Week 24.)

Teams with 12 Games
San Antonio

Teams with 11 Games
Charlotte, Cleveland, Golden State, Memphis, Miami, Philadelphia

Teams with 10 Games
Detroit, Indiana, Los Angeles Clippers, Milwaukee, Oklahoma City, Phoenix, Sacramento, Washington

Teams with 9 Games
Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Houston, Los Angeles Lakers, New Jersey, New Orleans, New York, Orlando, Portland, Toronto, Utah

Teams with 8 Games
Minnesota

Championship Week Breakdown
Here's how it breaks down for Weeks 24 and 25 (Week 24 in Yahoo!).

Teams with 8 Games
San Antonio

Teams with 7 Games
Charlotte, Cleveland, Golden State, Miami, Philadelphia,

Teams with 6 Games
Atlanta, Chicago, Denver, Detroit, Houston, Indiana, Los Angeles Clippers, Memphis, Milwaukee, New Orleans, New York, Oklahoma City, Orlando, Phoenix, Washington

Teams with 5 Games
Boston, Dallas, Los Angeles Lakers, Minnesota, New Jersey, Portland, Sacramento, Toronto, Utah