Homecourt advantage of each NBA team

[J.E.]

Picking up an old topic with more data. The table below shows average homecourt advantage for each team since 2002. Here, more does not equal better - it just means a team is playing much better in home games vs. in away games. Teams with low HCA perform comparatively well in away games, and the difference between their home and away performance is small.

It is my understanding that if you were to forecast a game's point differential, you'd have to add the *average* of both team's HCA to the difference in team strength. So, suppose the Kings, Nuggets, Bulls and Pelicans were all average teams, Kings@Nuggets are expected to lose by 5, while Bulls@Pelicans are expected to lose by 1.4

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Sacramento Kings 	4.98
Denver Nuggets 	4.97
Washington Wizards 	4.87
Golden State Warriors 	4.79
Atlanta Hawks 	4.35
Portland Trail Blazers 	4.13
Milwaukee Bucks 	4.1
Dallas Mavericks 	4.05
Utah Jazz 	3.97
Indiana Pacers 	3.93
Charlotte Bobcats 	3.78
Miami Heat 	3.58
Cleveland Cavaliers 	3.34
New Jersey Nets 	3.17
Los Angeles Lakers 	3.13
San Antonio Spurs 	3.11
Memphis Grizzlies 	3.02
New York Knicks 	3.02
Orlando Magic 	3.02
Toronto Raptors 	2.8
Los Angeles Clippers 	2.58
New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets 	2.56
Oklahoma City Thunder 	2.53
Phoenix Suns 	2.53
Detroit Pistons 	2.44
Minnesota Timberwolves 	2.34
Seattle SuperSonics 	2.05
Philadelphia 76ers 	2
Brooklyn Nets 	1.86
New Orleans Hornets 	1.85
Boston Celtics 	1.83
Houston Rockets 	1.58
Chicago Bulls 	1.52
New Orleans Pelicans 	1.28

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Is this (Home Avg MOV - Away Avg MOV) / 2 ?

[J.E.]

Is this (Home Avg MOV - Away Avg MOV) / 2 ?

No it's without the "/2"