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Re:The game-day caffeine routine that powers the NBA's most ... by ethbro on Friday January 04, 2019 @05:58PM (#18828551)
From the article, "'The half-life of caffeine is five to seven hours,' says Brian St. Pierre, director of performance nutrition at Precision Nutrition."

So if they drink some 30 minutes before a ~2.5 hr game, they've got 3 hours post-game. Which seems reasonable: an hour for interviews / meetings, some travel, settling in, then normal sleep.

At the NBA level, they're definitely not deficient on post-game recovery and nutrients either.

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Re:The game-day caffeine routine that powers the NBA's most ... by Amezarak on Friday January 04, 2019 @07:27PM (#18829036)
A half life of six hours means that half the amount of caffeine is still in their body, so it would be affecting sleep six hours later.
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