2025-26 NBA Rest & Travel Splits

2025-26 · Final regular-season games

Updated Sun, Apr 12, 11:45 PM EDT

The travel board counts the schedule tax; this one counts what it bought. Every team's record and average point differential in a given situation, next to the gap from that same team's season baseline — so a road-heavy team isn't punished twice. Read how the travel data is calculated.

Pick a situation

Opponent on 0 rest days; team had at least 1

Back-to-backs Long travel Rest disadvantage Body-clock shift Dense window Extended rest Rest edge

301League games in this situation

158-143League record

+1.7League avg margin

Across all games, every point one team scores is a point another concedes, so the league's baseline margin is exactly 0.0. That makes the figure above the leaguewide effect itself: +1.7 points per game for the team in this situation. Individual teams swing far harder in both directions — that spread is the board below.

Rest edge

Ranked by margin vs. each team's own season baseline

#	Team	Record	Avg margin	Season	Vs. season
1	MemphisGrizzliesMEM	4-3	+5.4	−6.0	+11.4
2	MiamiHeatMIA	5-3	+11.5	+2.3	+9.2
3	DenverNuggetsDEN	6-2	+12.9	+5.1	+7.8
3	PhoenixSunsPHX	6-2	+9.3	+1.5	+7.8
5	ChicagoBullsCHI	6-2	+1.9	−5.2	+7.1
6	SacramentoKingsSAC	7-7	−3.1	−10.0	+6.9
7	HoustonRocketsHOU	5-1	+10.7	+5.2	+5.5
8	BrooklynNetsBKN	3-7	−4.8	−10.0	+5.2
9	AtlantaHawksATL	6-4	+7.4	+2.4	+5.0
10	WashingtonWizardsWAS	2-10	−8.9	−12.0	+3.1
11	MilwaukeeBucksMIL	3-6	−3.2	−6.2	+3.0
12	New YorkKnicksNYK	7-2	+9.2	+6.3	+2.9
13	BostonCelticsBOS	6-2	+10.3	+7.7	+2.6
14	CharlotteHornetsCHA	4-3	+6.6	+4.8	+1.8
14	DetroitPistonsDET	9-4	+10.0	+8.2	+1.8
16	Los AngelesLakersLAL	5-3	+3.5	+1.8	+1.7
17	Golden StateWarriorsGSW	5-6	+1.0	−0.6	+1.6
17	Philadelphia76ersPHI	9-5	+1.4	−0.2	+1.6
19	ClevelandCavaliersCLE	7-3	+5.5	+4.1	+1.4
20	Oklahoma CityThunderOKC	9-1	+12.4	+11.1	+1.3
20	UtahJazzUTA	3-11	−7.1	−8.4	+1.3
22	DallasMavericksDAL	1-10	−4.5	−5.5	+1.0
22	MinnesotaTimberwolvesMIN	8-3	+4.4	+3.4	+1.0
24	OrlandoMagicORL	5-6	+1.5	+0.6	+0.9
25	LAClippersLAC	5-7	+0.5	+1.1	−0.6
26	TorontoRaptorsTOR	7-6	+0.6	+2.8	−2.2
27	PortlandTrail BlazersPOR	5-6	−2.7	−0.3	−2.4
28	San AntonioSpursSAS	7-4	+4.0	+8.3	−4.3
29	New OrleansPelicansNOP	2-6	−10.0	−4.5	−5.5
30	IndianaPacersIND	1-8	−17.6	−8.0	−9.6

Average margin is team points minus opponent points, over final regular-season games only; ties are impossible in basketball, so every game lands in a win or a loss column. Conditions overlap — a back-to-back can also be a long-travel game. Teams with fewer than five games in a situation are listed but left unranked, since a two-game sample says nothing. These are descriptive splits, not causal estimates: they do not adjust for opponent strength, injuries, or home court.