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Road Wins minus Home Losses:

Note: This ranking has more value in the first 2/3 of the season. By the 2/3 mark, most home/road scheduling has balanced out.
A common method for NBA coaches to compare teams with uneven scheduling of home and road games is to subtract home losses from road wins. For example, suppose Team A has a 10-7 record and Team B is 1 game behind at 9-8. Team A played 11 games at home and 6 on the road while Team B played 7 games at home and 10 on the road. Consider these Home & Road records in determining the RW-HL plus/minus rating:
 
Team A	10-7
Team B	 9-8

A closer look with "RW-HL"

Team	Home	Road	+/-
----	----	----	---
Team A	8-3	2-4	-1 (2-3=-1)
Team B	5-2	4-6	+2 (4-2=+2)
In the above example even though Team B is 1 game behind in the standings, they would have a higher +/- rating due to their ability to perform better in a more difficult schedule (4 more road games).

Examining RW-HL:

1. Top RW-HL NBA teams
2. Eastern Conference
3. Western Conference

1. RW-HL: League Rankings

 
 					
	 Road Wins minus Home Losses				
					
					
		Road	Home		Standard
# 	TEAM	wins	losses	net	Deviation
-	----	----	------	---	--------- 
1	CLE	18	3	+15 	2.05
2	BOS	16	7	+9 	1.23
3	ORL	13	4	+9 	1.23
4	DAL	16	7	+9 	1.23
5	LAL	12	3	+9 	1.23
6	DEN	10	3	+7 	0.95
7	ATL	11	5	+6 	0.82
8	NOK	9	4	+5 	0.68
9	HOU	11	8	+3 	0.41
10	PHX	9	6	+3 	0.41
11	MEM	8	5	+3 	0.41
12	TOR	9	6	+3 	0.41
13	UTA	9	6	+3 	0.41
14	POR	11	9	+2 	0.27
15	OKC	12	10	+2 	0.27
16	CHI	8	7	+1 	0.14
17	SAS	8	9	-1	-0.14
18	CHA	4	5	-1	-0.14
19	MIA	10	11	-1	-0.14
20	MIL	5	7	-2	-0.27
21	LAC	6	9	-3	-0.41
22	IND	6	12	-6	-0.82
23	SAC	3	9	-6	-0.82
24	NYK	7	14	-7	-0.95
25	PHI	8	15	-7	-0.95
26	DET	4	12	-8	-1.09
27	GSW	4	12	-8	-1.09
28	WAS	6	15	-9	-1.23
29	MIN	3	17	-14	-1.91
30	NJN	1	17	-16	-2.18

2. RW-HL: Eastern Conference

 
	 Road Wins minus Home Losses				
					
		Road	Home		Standard
# 	TEAM	wins	losses	net	Deviation
-	----	----	------	---	---------  
1	CLE	18	3	+15 	1.81
2	BOS	16	7	+9 	1.09
3	ORL	13	4	+9 	1.09
4	ATL	11	5	+6 	0.72
5	TOR	9	6	+3 	0.36
6	CHI	8	7	+1 	0.12
7	CHA	4	5	-1	-0.12
8	MIA	10	11	-1	-0.12
9	MIL	5	7	-2	-0.24
10	IND	6	12	-6	-0.72
11	NYK	7	14	-7	-0.84
12	PHI	8	15	-7	-0.84
13	DET	4	12	-8	-0.97
14	WAS	6	15	-9	-1.09
15	NJN	1	17	-16	-1.93

3. RW-HL: Western Conference

 
					
	 Road Wins minus Home Losses				
					
		Road	Home		Standard
# 	TEAM	wins	losses	net	Deviation
-	----	----	------	---	---------
1	DAL	16	7	+9 	1.41
2	LAL	12	3	+9 	1.41
3	DEN	10	3	+7 	1.09
4	NOK	9	4	+5 	0.78
5	HOU	11	8	+3 	0.47
6	PHX	9	6	+3 	0.47
7	MEM	8	5	+3 	0.47
8	UTA	9	6	+3 	0.47
9	POR	11	9	+2 	0.31
10	OKC	12	10	+2 	0.31
11	SAS	8	9	-1	-0.16
12	LAC	6	9	-3	-0.47
13	SAC	3	9	-6	-0.94
14	GSW	4	12	-8	-1.25
15	MIN	3	17	-14	-2.19
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