Just my opinion here but I think a Mr. Basketball would be worried about a head to head matchup whether it was in December or March. I would hope that Mr. Basketball would want to win no matter what and do for his team what needs to be done in order to win. Really not sure playing a good team the night before would affect his game much. Maybe I am making too much of this but I would just think Mr. Basketball would bring it every game, night in and night out no matter who he and his team were playing.