Back-to-Back Rest Tracker

How the Rest Tracker works

What is a back-to-back? A team plays on consecutive calendar days. The second game is the back-to-back leg — the one that carries rest and load-management risk. This tracker identifies every such second leg in the upcoming seven-day window.

Tier 1 — Rest Risk (avg ≥ 32 min/game). High-minute players averaging at least 32 minutes per game have documented load-management exposure on b2b second legs. These are the players coaches are most likely to rest, either fully or on a minutes restriction. The NBA Start Score applies a ×0.55 multiplier to their projected minutes on b2b nights; this tracker surfaces them explicitly so you can act before the news breaks.

Tier 2 — mild fatigue risk (avg < 32 min/game). All other players on a b2b team. General fatigue is real but load management is unlikely unless they're in a specific situation (returning from injury, minutes restriction, etc.). The NBA Start Score applies a ×0.92 multiplier to their projected minutes.

Average minutes are computed from the player's last 10 qualifying games (≥ 1 minute played) in the ETL's 60-day window. Players with fewer than 3 games are labeled "Limited sample" — the threshold is too small to classify reliably.

This is a risk flag, not a prediction. Tier 1 means elevated rest probability based on a published rule — it does not mean a player will definitely sit. Coaches make the final call. Always check team beat reporters and injury wires before your lineup locks, especially for Tier-1 players.

Data. Schedule and game stats from balldontlie.io (official API, documented terms). Updated daily by the ETL; page revalidates hourly. No machine-learning model — tiers are a deterministic rule applied to real average minutes.