We offer a cornucopia of statistics in these schedule alert dispatches that, hopefully, help show how fatigue can seriously hinder performance during the grueling NBA grind.
But here is one figure that is far more jarring than any lopsided final score, dreadful shooting percentage or eye-popping turnover total: Two.
As in, there have now been two NBA head coaches who have stepped aside this season for severe health issues related to chronic sleep loss.
On March 19, Cavaliers head coach Tyronn Lue announced he was stepping aside to focus on his health, saying in a statement, "I have had chest pains and other troubling symptoms, compounded by a loss of sleep, throughout the year.