Author: Ting Lei 

1. Introduction

Every sports fan knows that their favorite teams have more chance to win on the home court; and for professional athletes, they will surely make every effort to secure home-court victories in the regular season. The goal of this article is to 1) determine which teams in the NBA have the best home-court advantage; 2) provide some insights into how does the number of rest days of home and away teams impact the home-court advantage; as well as 3) determine what are some other possible factors to home-court advantage from 2011-2012 through 2015-2016 seasons.

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