NBA schedule context this week

Rest days, back-to-backs, travel and body-clock kickoffs for every game, from the published schedule. No odds or predictions.

Games1428 Oct to 4 Nov
Back-to-backs0team-games
Longest trip2,582 kmCeltics
DateGameAway restHome restDifferenceTravel (km)SituationsTV
Thu 5 Nov 19:00 ET · 00:00+1 UK PHI at DET 1 1 0 home 714 / 814 Road trip / Home stand ESPN
Thu 5 Nov 19:00 ET · 00:00+1 UK ATL at WSH 1 1 0 home 791 / 1,220 Road trip
Thu 5 Nov 19:30 ET · 00:30+1 UK MIL at BOS 1 1 0 home 1,804 / 2,582 3 in 4 nights, Long trip
Thu 5 Nov 19:30 ET · 00:30+1 UK CHA at BKN 1 1 0 home 854 / 8 3 in 4 nights
Thu 5 Nov 19:30 ET · 00:30+1 UK CHI at NY 1 1 0 home 137 / 0 Road trip
Thu 5 Nov 20:00 ET · 01:00+1 UK IND at MEM 1 1 0 home 619 / 0 3 in 4 nights, Road trip / Home stand
Thu 5 Nov 20:00 ET · 01:00+1 UK UTAH at NO 1 1 0 home 809 / 577 Road trip
Thu 5 Nov 20:00 ET · 01:00+1 UK CLE at OKC 1 1 0 home 1,529 / 1,529
Thu 5 Nov 20:30 ET · 01:30+1 UK MIN at HOU 1 1 0 home 1,703 / 0 Home stand
Thu 5 Nov 21:00 ET · 02:00+1 UK TOR at DEN 1 1 0 home 1,349 / 0 3 in 4 nights, Time zones, Altitude, Road trip
Thu 5 Nov 21:00 ET · 02:00+1 UK POR at PHX 1 1 0 home 942 / 1,048 Road trip / Plays tomorrow, Home stand
Thu 5 Nov 21:30 ET · 02:30+1 UK DAL at SA 1 1 0 home 405 / 0 Home stand ESPN
Thu 5 Nov 22:00 ET · 03:00+1 UK LAL at SAC 1 1 0 home 582 / 2,313 3 in 4 nights / Long trip, Home stand
Thu 5 Nov 22:30 ET · 03:30+1 UK MIA at LAC 1 1 0 home 13 / 0 Plays tomorrow, Time zones, Road trip / 3 in 4 nights, Home stand

Rest = full days between games. Difference is home rest minus away rest. Travel is the great-circle distance from each team's previous venue.

Spots to watch

  • Miami Heat at LA Clippers The Heat have had 1 day off since Monday's game in Los Angeles, game 2 of a 5-game road trip, playing 3 hours behind their home clock. The Clippers play their third game in four nights, game 2 of a 3-game home stand.
  • Toronto Raptors at Denver Nuggets The Raptors play their third game in four nights, game 3 of a 4-game road trip, with 1,349 km (838 miles) of travel, playing 2 hours behind their home clock. The Nuggets have had 1 day off since Monday's game against the Trail Blazers.
  • Indiana Pacers at Memphis Grizzlies The Pacers play their third game in four nights, game 1 of a 3-game road trip, with 619 km (385 miles) of travel, playing 1 hour behind their home clock. The Grizzlies have had 1 day off since Monday's game against the Pelicans, game 3 of a 4-game home stand.
  • Portland Trail Blazers at Phoenix Suns The Trail Blazers have had 1 day off since Monday's game in Denver, game 3 of a 4-game road trip, with 942 km (585 miles) of travel, playing 1 hour ahead of their home clock. The Suns have had 1 day off since Monday's game in San Francisco, game 1 of a 7-game home stand, with 1,048 km (651 miles) of travel.
  • Los Angeles Lakers at Sacramento Kings The Lakers play their third game in four nights, with 582 km (362 miles) of travel. The Kings have had 1 day off since Monday's game in Dallas, game 1 of a 7-game home stand, with 2,313 km (1,437 miles) of travel.

How each situation has played out since 2015

SituationSince 2015Team-gamesThis season
On the second night of a back-to-back
The team also played the previous night.		 44.4% 4,450 fewer than 20 games
On the first night of a back-to-back
The team plays again the next night.		 49.7% 4,450 fewer than 20 games
Playing their third game in four nights
Three games within a four-night window ending on this game.		 47.6% 6,395 fewer than 20 games
With three or more days' rest
At least three full days off before the game.		 51.9% 1,058 fewer than 20 games
With two or more days less rest than their opponent
Rest differential of -2 days or worse.		 42.5% 1,197 fewer than 20 games
With two or more days more rest than their opponent
Rest differential of +2 days or better.		 57.5% 1,197 fewer than 20 games
In the third game or later of a road trip
Three or more consecutive games away from home.		 44.0% 3,467 fewer than 20 games
In the third game or later of a home stand
Three or more consecutive home games.		 57.4% 3,345 fewer than 20 games
After 2,000 km or more of travel
Great-circle distance between consecutive venues.		 50.6% 2,519 fewer than 20 games
Playing two or more hours from their home time zone
Venue clock differs from the team's home clock by two hours or more.		 44.6% 3,644 fewer than 20 games
Visiting a venue at 1,000 m or higher
Venue elevation at least 1,000 m and not the team's home ground.		 37.2% 831 fewer than 20 games
At home
The team is the designated home side at its own ground.		 56.6% 12,126 fewer than 20 games

Win rate of the team in that situation, regular season only, both teams counted in every game (so "all games" is 50%). Home teams have won 56.6% over the same span. Seasons covered: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026, 2027 (ESPN season labels; the 2019-20 bubble season is excluded). Updated 6 Sep 2026.

Method

Everything on this page and in the "Schedule context" panels on game pages is computed from the published NBA schedule (ESPN public feeds) and a venue table with coordinates, time zones and elevations. Nothing is predicted and no odds are used.

  • Rest days: full calendar days between a team's games, on the venue's local calendar (so a late West Coast game followed by an East Coast game the next evening is a back-to-back).
  • Back-to-back, 3 in 4, 4 in 5: games on consecutive nights; three games within a four-night window ending on the game; four within five nights.
  • Road trip and home stand: consecutive games away from, or at, the team's own arena. Neutral-site games count as away for both teams.
  • Travel: great-circle distance between the previous game's venue and this one. Time zones: the venue clock against the team's home clock at kickoff, daylight-saving aware, the shorter way round the clock. Body clock: kickoff expressed in the team's home time zone.
  • Altitude: venue elevation of 1,000 m or more (Denver, Salt Lake City, Mexico City).
  • Baselines: the win rate of teams in each situation across completed regular-season games since 2015, both teams counted in every game. Figures for the season in progress are shown once a situation has 20 games; long-run figures need 100.
  • Facts are withheld rather than guessed: if a team's previous game or a venue is unknown, the related rows are left out.

Free to reuse with a link to this page. Machine-readable: baselines JSON.