NBA rest · travel · schedule

Rest is a stat

Understand the schedule behind an NBA game. Compare rest and travel, then check what happened.

Regular season · 1985-86 to 2025-26

Widest rest gaps ·
historical home teams

+6.0 pp

Percentage-point difference from the home baseline in 1,105 games with the widest rest gaps (model score ≥ 7).

Rest evidence through 2026-04-12

Home teams overall59.9%

Rested home team · widest gap65.9%

Bars run from 0–100%. Baseline: 47,143 games. These historical groups differ in more than rest; this is an association, not a causal estimate.

The schedule · 2026-27

Favorable minus unfavorable games. 1,184 of 1,200 games compared. This is a schedule comparison, not a prediction of wins.

The players · shooting by rest

Compare no-rest shooting with three or more days off, with attempts beside every rate. A large single-season gap can still be uncertain.

Regular-season player coverage: 1996-97 to 2025-26. Career estimates pool attempts and shrink uncertain differences.