NBA 2025-26 Post-Road Trip ATS Results

BetCrimes1984

CTG Big Brother
I initially gathered these figures (based on opening lines) together midway through the 06-07 season, to test the veracity of the belief that said the time to fade teams off longish road trips (longish = 4 or more games in length, since that usually translates to at least a week's absence from ones own home court) was in their first game back home.

The clear message from these (fully updated) figures is - it isn't the 1st game back @home where you find a real advantage in fading a team, it's in their 2nd game back.

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The overall ATS figures for the last 21 seasons (excluding Covid venue-affected '20-21) are as follows -

For the 1st game off a 4+ game road trip -- 781-842-32 ....... -61

For the 2nd game off a 4+ game road trip - 723-869-23 ....... -146


The ATS win rate for the 1st game is 48.12% vs. 45.41% for the 2nd game.


Of course the above figures are a lot more involved than what the surface facts provide. Different scenarios & teams means its not always that clean cut to say *never* bet a team in the 2nd game. On this basis, I've broken down each set of stats into the deeper scenarios, for 2 groupings: Teams coming off 4 game road trips, and teams coming off 5+ game road trips...

Please note:

(1) Where 5+ days of rest breaks up a team's road trip all otherwise normally applicable games prior to that break have been excluded. Where 4+ days of rest breaks up a team's twin return games all otherwise normally applicable games after that break have been excluded.

(2) When a team off such a road trip played both 1st & 2nd games back at home against the same opponent, that team's results are excluded.

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November

ATL off a 4 game trip
4th - Home Dog vs. ORL - Won
7th - Home Fave vs. TOR - Lost

SAC off a 4 game trip
5th - Home Fave vs. GS -
Won
7th - Home Dog vs. OKC - Lost

MIA off a 4 game trip
7th - Home Fave vs. CHA -
Won
8th - Home Dog vs. POR - Won

UTH off a 5 game trip
10th - Home Dog vs. MIN - Won
11th - Home Dog vs. IND - Won

OKC off a 4 game trip
11th - Home Fave vs. GS - Won
12th - Home Fave vs. LAL - Won

IND off a 4 game trip
15th - Home Dog vs. TOR -
Lost
17th - Away Dog vs. DET - Lost

TOR off a 5 game trip
17th - Home Fave vs. CHA - Lost
19th - Away Dog vs. PHI - Won

POR off a 5 game trip
18th - Home Fave vs. PHX -
Lost
19th - Home Dog vs. CHC - Won

ATL off a 4 game trip
18th - Home Dog vs. DET - Lost
20th - Away Dog vs. SAS - Lost

LAL off a 5 game trip
18th - Home Fave vs. UTH -
Won
23rd - Away Fave vs. UTH - Lost

MEM off a 4 game trip
20th - Home Fave vs. SAC -
Won
22nd - Away Dog vs. DAL - Won

CHC off a 4 game trip
21st - Home Fave vs. MIA -
Lost
22nd - Home Fave vs. WAS - Lost

GS off a 6 game trip
21st - Home Fave vs. POR - Lost
24th - Home Fave vs. UTH - Won

SAC off a 5 game trip
24th - Home Dog vs. MIN - Won

26th - Home Dog vs. PHX - Lost

LAC off a 7 game trip
28th - Home Fave vs. MEM -
Lost
29th - Home Fave vs. DAL - Lost

DET off a 4 game trip
28th - Home Fave vs. ORL - Lost
29th - Away Dog vs. MIA - Won

NYK off a 5 game trip
28th - Home Fave vs. MIL - Won
30th - Home Fave vs. TOR - Won
 
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December

SAS off a 4 game trip
2nd - Home Fave vs. MEM -
Won
3rd - Away Dog vs. ORL - Won

CHC off a 4 game trip
3rd - Home Fave vs. BRK -
Lost
5th - Home Fave vs. IND - Lost

DAL off a 4 game trip
3rd - Home Dog vs. MIA - Won

5th - Away Dog vs. OKC - Lost

HOU off a 4 game trip
3rd - Home Fave vs. SAC - Won

5th - Home Fave vs. PHX - Won

MEM off a 4 game trip
5th - Home Dog vs. LAC - Won

7th - Home Fave vs. POR - Won

POR off a 4 game trip
18th - Home Fave vs. SAC -
Lost
20th - Away Fave vs. SAC - Lost

SAC off a 4 game trip
20th - Home Dog vs. POR - Won

21st - Home Dog vs. HOU - Won

GS off a 4 game trip
20th - Home Fave vs. PHX - Lost

22nd - Home Fave vs. ORL - Won

LAC off a 5 game trip
20th - Home Dog vs. LAL - Won

23rd - Home Fave vs. HOU - Won

LAL off a 6 game trip
25th - Home Dog vs. HOU - Lost

28th - Home Fave vs. SAC - Won

ORL off a 5 game trip
26th - Home Fave vs. CHA - Lost

27th - Home Dog vs. DEN - Won

HOU off a 6 game trip
27th - Home Fave vs. CLE - Won

29th - Home Fave vs. ATL - Lost

MIL off a 5 game trip
31st - Home Fave vs. WAS - Lost

2nd - Home Fave vs. CHA - Lost
 
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January

DET off a 5 game trip
1st - Home Fave vs. MIA - Lost
4th - Away Dog vs. CLE - Won

PHX off a 4 game trip
2nd - Home Fave vs. SAC - Won
4th - Home Dog vs. OKC - Won

BOS off a 5 game trip
5th - Home Fave vs. CHC - Won
7th - Home Fave vs. DEN - Lost

PHI off a 5 game trip
5th - Home Fave vs. DEN - Lost

7th - Home Fave vs. WAS - Won

MIN off a 4 game trip
6th - Home Fave vs. MIA - Won
8th - Home Fave vs. CLE - Won

UTH off a 4 game trip
8th - Home Dog vs. DAL - Won
10th - Home Dog vs. CHA - Lost

DEN off a 7 game trip
9th - Home Fave vs. ATL - Lost
11th - Home Dog vs. MIL - Won

MIA off a 4 game trip
13th - Home Dog vs. PHX - Won
15th - Home Dog vs. BOS - Lost

MIL off a 4 game trip
13th - Home Fave vs. MIN - Lost

15th - Away Dog vs. SAS - Lost

ATL off a 4 game trip
17th - Home Dog vs. BOS - Lost

19th - Home Fave vs. MIL - Lost

NYK off a 4 game trip
17th - Home Fave vs. PHX - Lost

19th - Home Fave vs. DAL - Lost

WAS off a 4 game trip
19th - Home Dog vs. LAC - Won

22nd - Home Dog vs. DEN - Lost

UTH off a 5 game trip
20th - Home Dog vs. MIN - Won
22nd - Home Dog vs. SAS - Lost

CHA off a 5 game trip
21st - Home Dog vs. CLE - Lost

22nd - Away Dog vs. ORL - Won

BOS off a 4 game trip
21st - Home Fave vs. IND - Won
23rd - Away Fave vs. BRK - Lost

MIN off a 4 game trip
22nd - Home Fave vs. CHC - Lost

25th - Home Fave vs. GS - Lost

OKC off a 4 game trip
23rd - Home Fave vs. IND - Lost

25th - Home Fave vs. TOR - Lost

PHX off a 6 game trip
25th - Home Fave vs. MIA - Lost
27th - Home Fave vs. BRK - Lost

TOR off a 5 game trip
28th - Home Fave vs. NYL - Lost

30th - Away Dog vs. ORL - Lost

MIA off a 5 game trip
28th - Home Fave vs. ORL - Lost
31st - Home Fave vs. CHC - Lost

IND off a 4 game trip
28th - Home Dog vs. CHC - Won

31st - Home Dog vs. ATL - Won

BOS off a 4 game trip
28th - Home Fave vs. ATL - Lost
1st - Home Fave vs. MIL - Won

GS off a 4 game trip
30th - Home Dog vs. DET - Lost
3rd - Home Fave vs. PHI - Lost
 
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February

BRK off a 5 game trip
3rd - Home Dog vs. LAL - Lost
5th - Away Dog vs. ORL - Lost

SAC off a 6 game trip
4th - Home Fave vs. MEM - Lost

6th - Home Dog vs. LAC - Won

LAL off a 8 game trip
5th - Home Fave vs. PHI -
Won
7th - Home Fave vs. GS - Won


CHC off a 5 game trip
7th - Home Dog vs. DEN - Lost

9th - Away Fave vs. BRK - Lost

NOR off a 4 game trip
9th - Home Fave vs. SAC - Won
11th - Home Fave vs. MIA - Lost

CLE off a 5 game trip
11th - Home Fave vs. WAS - Won
No 2nd game due to ASB

PHI off a 5 game trip
11th - Home Dog vs. NYK - Lost

No 2nd game due to ASB

UTH off a 5 game trip
11th - Home Fave vs. SAC - Won

12th - Home Dog vs. POR - Lost
 
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March

SAC off a 5 game trip
3rd - Home Dog vs. PHX - Lost
5th - Home Dog vs. NOR - Lost

SAS off a 5 game trip
5th - Home Fave vs. DET - Won

6th - Home Fave vs. LAC - Lost

POR off a 5 game trip
8th - Home Fave vs. IND - Won

10th - Home Dog vs. CHA - Won

NOR off a 6 game trip
8th - Home Fave vs. WAS - Won

11th - Home Dog vs. TOR - Won

IND off a 4 game trip
12th - Home Dog vs. PHX - Lost
13th - Home Dog vs. NYK - Won

DAL off a 5 game trip
13th - Home Dog vs. CLE - Lost
15th - Away Dog vs. CLE - Won

NYK off a 5 game trip
15th - Home vs. Fave GS - Lost

17th - Home Fave vs. IND - Won

WAS off a 4 game trip
16th - Home Dog vs. GS -
Push
17th - Home Dog vs. DET - Won

CHC off a 5 game trip
16th - Home Fave vs. MEM - Won
18th - Home Dog vs. TOR - Lost

MIN off a 4 game trip
17th - Home Fave vs. PHX - Won
18th - Home Fave vs. UTH - Won

CHA off a 4 game trip
17th - Home Fave vs. MIA - Won

19th - Home Fave vs. ORL - Won

PHX off a 6 game trip
21st - Home Fave vs. MIL - Lost
22nd - Home Dog vs. TOR - Won

POR off a 5 game trip
23rd - Home Fave vs. BRK - Won

25th - Home Fave vs. MIL - Won

GS off a 6 game trip
25th - Home Fave vs. BRK - Lost

27th - Home Fave vs. WAS - Lost

OKC off a 5 game trip
27th - Home Fave vs. CHC - Lost

29th - Home Fave vs. NYK - Won

TOR off a 5 game trip
27th - Home Fave vs. NOR - Won

29th - Home Fave vs. ORL - Won

LAL off a 6 game trip
27th - Home Fave vs. BRK - Lost
30th - Home Fave vs. WAS - Won

MIL off a 4 game trip
28th - Home Dog vs. SAS - Lost
29th - Home Dog vs. LAC - Won

BRK off a 4 game trip
29th - Home Fave vs. SAC - Won

31st - Home Dog vs. CHA - Lost

HOU off a 4 game trip
31st - Home Dog vs. NYK - Won

1st - Home Fave vs. MIL -
 
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April

CHC off a 4 game trip
1st - Home Fave vs. IND -
3rd - Away Dog vs. NYK -


WAS off a 5 game trip
1st - Home vs. PHI -
4th - Away vs. MIA -

SAC off a 5 game trip
3rd - Home vs. NOR -
5th - Home vs. LAC -


BOS off a 4 game trip
5th - Home Fave vs. TOR -
7th - Home Fave vs. CHA -

PHX off a 4 game trip
7th - Home vs. HOU -
8th - Home vs. DAL -


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Overall results for the 2025-26 season

Off 4 game trips
Won-Won ..........
Split Results ......
Lost-Lost ............

Off 5+ game trips
Won-Won ..........
Split Results ......
Lost-Lost ............

Teams playing 1st off 4 game trips ........
Teams playing 2nd off 4 game trips ......

Teams playing 1st off 5+ game trips .....
Teams playing 2nd off 5+ game trips ...

Combined Results

Teams playing 1st off 4+ game trips .....
Teams playing 2nd off 4+ game trips ...
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The schedule makers have been cruel to a number of teams who face b2b fixtures after finishing 4+ game road trips
(Note: opponents underlined in bolded blue are also playing the second game of a b2b spot)...

Playing their 1st & 2nd games back B2B off 1 day's rest since their trip's end

MIA off a 4 game trip
7th Nov. - Home vs. CHA - Won
8th Nov. - Home vs. POR - Won

OKC off a 4 game trip
11th Nov. - Home vs. GS -
Won
12th Nov. - Home vs. LAL - Won

POR off a 5 game trip
18th Nov. - Home vs. PHX - Lost
19th Nov. - Home vs. CHC - Won

CHC off a 4 game trip
21st Nov. - Home vs. MIA - Lost

22nd Nov. - Home vs. WAS - Lost

DET off a 4 game trip
28th Nov. - Home vs. ORL - Lost

29th Nov. - Away vs. MIA - Won

SAS off a 4 game trip
2nd Dec. - Home vs. MEM - Won

3rd Dec. - Away vs. ORL - Won

SAC off a 4 game trip
20th Dec. - Home vs. POR - Won
21st Dec. - Home vs. HOU - Won

UTH off a 5 game trip
11th Feb. - Home vs. SAC - Won
12th Feb. - Home vs. POR - Lost

SAS off a 5 game trip
5th Mar. - Home vs. DET - Won

6th Mar. - Home vs. LAC - Lost

IND off a 4 game trip
12th Mar. - Home vs. PHX -
Lost
13th Mar. - Home vs. NYK - Won

WAS off a 4 game trip
16th Mar. - Home vs. GS -
Push
17th Mar. - Home vs. DET - Won

MIN off a 4 game trip
17th Mar. - Home vs. PHX - Won

18th Mar. - Home vs. UTH - Won

PHX off a 6 game trip
21st Mar. - Home vs. MIL - Lost

22nd Mar. - Home vs. TOR - Won

HOU off a 4 game trip
31st Mar. - Home vs. NYK -
1st Apr. - Home vs. MIL -

PHX off a 4 game trip
7th Apr. - Home vs. HOU -
8th Apr. - Home vs. DAL -



Playing their 1st & 2nd games back B2B off 2+ days rest since their trip's end

UTH off a 5 game trip
10th Nov. - Home vs. MIN - Won
11th Nov. - Home vs. IND - Won

LAC off a 7 game trip
28th Nov. - Home vs. MEM - Lost
29th Nov. - Home vs. DAL - Lost

ORL off a 5 game trip
26th Dec. - Home vs. CHA - Lost

27th Dec. - Home vs. DEN - Won

CHA off a 5 game trip
21st Jan. - Home vs. CLE - Lost

22nd Jan. - Away vs. ORL - Won

MIL off a 4 game trip
28th Mar. - Home vs. SAS -
29th Mar. - Home vs. SAC -



Overall results (last 28 seasons, not incl. Covid-affected '20-21)

1st game in b2b off a 4+ game road trip:.. 128-150-6 .... 46.04% win rate
2nd game in b2b off a 4+ game road trip: 124-154-6 .... 44.60% win rate

Either b2b game off any rest vs. opponent NOT playing b2b: 180-231-8 ... 43.80% win rate
Either b2b game off any rest vs. an opponent playing b2b:....... 72-73-4 ...... 49.65% win rate


1st Game Back

1 day of rest off road trip + opponent NOT playing b2b: 50-65-4
2+ days rest off road trip + opponent NOT playing b2b: 44-47-1
Overall: 94-112-4

1 day of rest off road trip + opponent playing b2b: 11-24-1
2+ days rest off road trip + opponent playing b2b: 23-14
Overall: 34-38-1


2nd Game Back


1 day of rest off road trip + opponent NOT playing b2b: 47-57-1
2+ days rest off road trip + opponent NOT playing b2b: 39-62-2
Overall: 86-119-3 ... a 41.95% win rate.

1 day of rest off road trip + opponent playing b2b: 23-18-1
2+ days rest off road trip + opponent playing b2b: 15-17-2
Overall: 38-35-3 ... a 52.05% win rate


Result Sequences (do not include those involving Pushes)

Sequence ......... W-W ... W-L ... L-W ... L-L
1 day of rest ...... 32 ........ 27 ...... 36 ..... 47
2+ days rest ...... 35 ........ 30 ...... 14 ..... 50

Looking at these results within each rest grouping, the most notable stat to emerge is -

Teams who have lost their 1st game off short rest have lost their 2nd game at a 56.62% rate,
but off longer rest have lost their subsequent game at a much higher 78.12% rate.

It's definitely worth paying some attention to the result of the 1st game when trying
to ascertain what's worth betting for the 2nd game in either rest situations, but especially
off the longer rest scenario.
 
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