There could be countless factors on why these numbers play the way they do (home crowd, used to the rims, etc), but in the NBA the home court seems to have more of an edge than most sports. You can see below the average margin of difference when a team is playing on the road versus at home:
| Team |
AMOV |
Home |
Away |
|
| Boston Celtics |
9.74 |
12.17 |
7.21 |
|
| Detroit Pistons |
8.12 |
12.15 |
4.72 |
|
| Los Angeles (Lk) Lakers |
7.17 |
8.96 |
5.66 |
|
| Utah Jazz |
5.52 |
12.25 |
-0.38 |
|
| New Orleans Hornets |
5.25 |
6.47 |
3.89 |
|
| San Antonio Spurs |
5.23 |
8.66 |
1.68 |
|
| Phoenix Suns |
4.59 |
6 |
3.14 |
|
| Houston Rockets |
4.41 |
6.66 |
2.17 |
|
| Toronto Raptors |
4.37 |
6.7 |
1.78 |
|
| Dallas Mavericks |
4.1 |
8.21 |
0.39 |
|
| Orlando Magic |
3.93 |
5 |
3.03 |
|
| Denver Nuggets |
2.98 |
8.3 |
-2.71 |
|
| Golden State Warriors |
2.42 |
4.4 |
0.22 |
|
| Washington Wizards |
-0.26 |
3 |
-3.3 |
|
| Philadelphia 76ers |
-0.48 |
4.53 |
-5.5 |
|
| Portland Trailblazers |
-0.69 |
4.23 |
-5.79 |
|
| Cleveland Cavaliers |
-0.71 |
2.14 |
-3.29 |
|
| Atlanta Hawks |
-2.09 |
2.69 |
-7.04 |
|
| Sacramento Kings |
-2.36 |
2.56 |
-6.65 |
|
| Indiana Pacers |
-2.46 |
-1.79 |
-3.1 |
|
| Chicago Bulls |
-2.71 |
-1.04 |
-4.16 |
|
| New Jersey Nets |
-4.62 |
-2.71 |
-6.81 |
|
| Los Angeles (Cl) Clippers |
-5.14 |
-3.48 |
-7.12 |
|
| Charlotte Bobcats |
-5.97 |
-0.72 |
-12.42 |
|
| New York Knicks |
-6.17 |
-2.93 |
-9.3 |
|
| Memphis Grizzlies |
-6.19 |
-3.58 |
-9.07 |
|
| Milwaukee Bucks |
-6.39 |
-0.5 |
-11.71 |
|
| Miami Heat |
-7.09 |
-5.43 |
-8.69 |
|
| Minnesota Timberwolves |
-7.33 |
-4.73 |
-10.22 |
|
| Seattle SuperSonics |
-7.48 |
-5.29 |
-10 |
|