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Re:The game-day caffeine routine that powers the NBA's most ... by jamrawk24 on Friday January 04, 2019 @04:20PM (#18827741)
The NBA optimizes for this somewhat. Many east coast teams will play all three Texas based teams in a single trip. There are a lot of factors that can get in the way of this, such as concerts, trade shows, or other large events that are booked in large arenas.

For instance, the Spurs are forced to go on 22 day road trip because their home arena is busy hosting the annual San Antonio Stock and Rodeo Show.

There is also a lot of data on team win/loss percentages that I'm sure vegas keeps up on. On average - teams on the 2nd game of a back to back road trip win just 32% of their contests. Also, teams that play one game at home and another on the road the following night only win 37.3% of their contests.

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Re:The game-day caffeine routine that powers the NBA's most ... by perl4ever on Friday January 04, 2019 @06:10PM (#18828628)
"teams on the 2nd game of a back to back road trip win just 32% of their contests"

Well, ok, but since there is presumably an overall home court advantage, 32% (or 37%) isn't in comparison to a baseline of 50%, but something less. I found a page that suggests the median NBA team wins a little under 40% of its road games. There are teams that do fairly good at home that average around 33% on the road.

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