Yeah, no kidding. I get a kick when people talk about professional athletes in a peak of human physical form being tired from travel or playing 20 minutes every second night.
Well, in this case, it's less than every 2nd night for past 6 games dealing with all the time zones in between, plus all those games involved travel.
The reason we need to speak of it is because the win loss record for teams playing condensed portions of their schedule typically takes a relative hit when they play against teams that are not playing as condensed portion of their schedule.
Teams generally tend to struggle first game back home as well.
At the end of the day, we all know that the 82 game regular season is an insane demand for even these peak athletes, but we also know that physical limits are not what drives the season length. It's all about the Benjamins.