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Even the divisionsal game thing is something of a myth. I saw an analysis done not long ago that showed winning percentage and margin of victory is largely unaffected by whether the opponent is a division member.
The reason I focused on playoff teams is because that's the real discrepancy. Facing a team twice is common, three times is not. But once the playoffs roll around they're all tough outs, division or no.
The only reason I say its tougher is because Divisional opponents tend to have more information on you than otherwise...if they are in the playoffs they are already good and they have additional knowledge of your tendencies
They have the advantage of having prepared for you 2X already...