2025-2026 NBA Schedule Rest Days Analysis



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2025-2026 NBA Schedule Analysis | Breakdown of Team Rest Days

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RANKTEAMSTOTAL GAMES5-IN-73IN4-B2BSOFT-B2BALL
B2B
TOTAL B2B
ON THE ROAD
TOTAL B2B
AT HOME
3IN41-DAY
REST
2-DAYS
REST
3+DAYS
REST
REST
ADVANTAGE
REST
DISADVANTAGE
BOTH TEAMS
RESTED or NO-REST
Atlanta Hawks80274134911421139962
Boston Celtics8038213851243759962
Brooklyn Nets801941495134166101159
Charlotte Hornets80295168812341535867
Chicago Bulls8026513581143769566
Cleveland Cavaliers80356148612418510466
Dallas Mavericks8011121477124010411762
Denver Nuggets8029516106103812481260
Detroit Pistons802102145994575121058
Golden State Warriors80294151051038134111356
Houston Rockets80293147711401147865
Indiana Pacers8019313678441236866
Los Angeles Clippers80285151051237124121058
Los Angeles Lakers80293145912391148963
Memphis Grizzlies801121147710411144670
Miami Heat802941578123812381161
Milwaukee Bucks80293146810421049764
Minnesota Timberwolves801661367114111481161
New Orleans Pelicans802851596123712491160
New York Knicks801941468133811481062
Oklahoma City Thunder800112137674314391061
Orlando Magic80392147712409510961
Philadelphia 76ers80111416881136143141155
Phoenix Suns802113167912379671162
Portland Trail Blazers8039315969428610862
Sacramento Kings80110314771040124141056
San Antonio Spurs800951486840153121157
Toronto Raptors801113158712361439962
Utah Jazz8019515781039124111158
Washington Wizards80210416881334134121256
Stats last updated 2 days ago.
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2025-2026 NBA Schedule Analysis | Breakdown of Opponent Rest Days

Click column headers to sort. Reverse the sort order by clicking on it twice. You can pick multiple teams to compare, from the drop-down menu.
RANKTEAMSTOTAL GAMES5-IN-73IN4-B2BSOFT-B2BALL
B2B
TOTAL B2B
ON THE ROAD
TOTAL B2B
AT HOME
3IN41-DAY
REST
2-DAYS
REST
3+DAYS
REST
REST
ADVANTAGE
REST
DISADVANTAGE
BOTH TEAMS
RESTED or NO-REST
Atlanta Hawks80274137610371469962
Boston Celtics80173119210371939962
Brooklyn Nets80010212931141106111059
Charlotte Hornets80283134918341058567
Chicago Bulls80012315878411335966
Cleveland Cavaliers8001251771014388341066
Dallas Mavericks80114318108133411471162
Denver Nuggets80273126616426412860
Detroit Pistons80113115871234163101258
Golden State Warriors80165127584884131156
Houston Rockets80111012668411458765
Indiana Pacers80355133101246638666
Los Angeles Clippers8018716106937135101258
Los Angeles Lakers80256136711361739863
Memphis Grizzlies8037414688381646470
Miami Heat802641266143713411861
Milwaukee Bucks8041131811712341247964
Minnesota Timberwolves802631165123715511861
New Orleans Pelicans80192125711459311960
New York Knicks80265136711448410862
Oklahoma City Thunder801931331011448410961
Orlando Magic80193137684510491061
Philadelphia 76ers8001171810884095111455
Phoenix Suns8037313677479411762
Portland Trail Blazers8031221771012444381062
Sacramento Kings80015217107736146101456
San Antonio Spurs801961697143974111257
Toronto Raptors804104188107411139962
Utah Jazz804113188101530107111158
Washington Wizards8028616115104293121256
Stats last updated 2 days ago.
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NBA Rest Days Explained

For each team, we take team schedules and tag the “game-day”s and “off-day”s. This way, we can analyze the rest days patterns. Let’s code: X as the game-day, and O, as the off-day.

GAME DAYS WITH NO REST:
  • 5IN7: 5th game in 7 days
    Provided just for the record. 5-IN-7 might occur after the newly scheduled games come out after first round of NBA Cup!
  • 4IN5-B2B: 4th game in 5 days w/ playing on last 2 consecutive nights. Pattern=…X+X+O+[X+X]
    Side note: The NBA avoided scheduling “4IN5” games starting from 2017-18 season!
  • 3IN4-B2B: 3rd game in 4 days w/ playing on last 2 consecutive days. Pattern=…X+O+[X+X]
  • Soft-B2B: 2nd game in 2 consecutive days. Pattern=…[X+X]
AT LEAST 1 DAY REST:
  • 3IN4: 3rd game in 4 days and had 1 day rest yesterday. Pattern=…X+X+O+X
  • 1: Had 1 day rest (yesterday) and a playing a game today. Pattern=…O+X
  • 2: Had 2 days rest and a playing a game a game today. Pattern=…O+O+X
  • 3+: 3 or more days rest and playing a game today. Pattern=…O+O+O+X
Rest Advantage: Team is rested but the opponent is on back-to-back
Rest Disadvantage: Team is on back-to-back but the opponent is not
No Advantage: Team and tjhe oppnent shares same rest days situation. Both rested or both with no-rest.
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