{
 "stat_name": "Schedule Fatigue Tax",
 "abbrev": "SFT",
 "edge_claimed": false,
 "descriptive_only": true,
 "metric_definition": "Per team-season points tax from back-to-back congestion: its b2b frequency times the tested b2b performance penalty.",
 "formula": "SFT_credible = b2b_freq * (-1.73 pts/100 ORtg); SFT_descriptive = b2b_freq * (-0.315 composite/36).",
 "source_artifacts": [
  "scripts/platformkit/analytics_showcase/out/schedule_density.json"
 ],
 "b2b_ortg_effect_pts_per100": -1.73,
 "composite_per36_delta_vs_rested": -0.315,
 "mechanism_receipt": {
  "claim": "b2b_rest_penalty",
  "verdict": "CONFIRMED_LOCAL",
  "effect_cited_from_receipt": "-1.73 pts/100 team ORtg (rested minus b2b), n=4732, p=0.0056"
 },
 "prior_art_verdict": "INCREMENTAL",
 "prior_art_citation": "The b2b fatigue effect is heavily documented (3-5% scoring drop / 1-3 pts / ~44% win rate / 2-4 pt spread adjust; academic 'Basketball performance affected by schedule congestion', ResearchGate 339933590). CITE the effect as prior art. The per-team-season aggregation into a points 'tax' plus a league schedule-inequality spread, anchored to the repo's own tested b2b_rest_penalty receipt, is the fresh packaging -- the effect is not new.",
 "declared_confounds": [
  "per-36 deltas are raw pooled means, NOT roster/opponent/minutes/home-away adjusted.",
  "the three density classes (b2b, 3in4, 4in6) OVERLAP and are NON-additive; this formula deliberately uses b2b alone -- summing b2b+3in4+4in6 would double-count congestion.",
  "the -1.73 pts/100 anchor is a single-corpus CONFIRMED_LOCAL effect: a DESCRIPTIVE tax, not a forecast, and not re-tested here.",
  "b2b_ortg_effect sign is normalized to a fatigue penalty (negative), matching the negative composite_per36 delta and the mechanism framing; the receipt labels its magnitude 'rested minus b2b'."
 ],
 "schedule_inequality": {
  "n_team_seasons": 90,
  "sft_credible_min": -0.3771,
  "sft_credible_max": -0.2699,
  "sft_credible_range": 0.1072,
  "sft_credible_std": 0.0252,
  "b2b_freq_min": 0.156,
  "b2b_freq_max": 0.218,
  "per_season_b2b_freq_range": {
   "2023-24": 0.048,
   "2024-25": 0.051,
   "2025-26": 0.062
  }
 },
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   "season": "2025-26",
   "b2b_games": 17,
   "b2b_freq": 0.218,
   "sft_descriptive_composite_per36": -0.0687,
   "sft_credible_pts_per100_ortg": -0.3771
  },
  {
   "team": "ATL",
   "season": "2024-25",
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   "b2b_freq": 0.21,
   "sft_descriptive_composite_per36": -0.0662,
   "sft_credible_pts_per100_ortg": -0.3633
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   "team": "HOU",
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   "team": "LAC",
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   "team": "NOP",
   "season": "2023-24",
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   "sft_credible_pts_per100_ortg": -0.2751
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   "team": "NYK",
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   "team": "SAS",
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   "team": "UTA",
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   "sft_descriptive_composite_per36": -0.0501,
   "sft_credible_pts_per100_ortg": -0.2751
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   "team": "WAS",
   "season": "2023-24",
   "b2b_games": 13,
   "b2b_freq": 0.159,
   "sft_descriptive_composite_per36": -0.0501,
   "sft_credible_pts_per100_ortg": -0.2751
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  {
   "team": "BOS",
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   "b2b_games": 13,
   "b2b_freq": 0.159,
   "sft_descriptive_composite_per36": -0.0501,
   "sft_credible_pts_per100_ortg": -0.2751
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  {
   "team": "CHI",
   "season": "2024-25",
   "b2b_games": 13,
   "b2b_freq": 0.159,
   "sft_descriptive_composite_per36": -0.0501,
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   "team": "DAL",
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   "sft_credible_pts_per100_ortg": -0.2751
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   "sft_credible_pts_per100_ortg": -0.2751
  },
  {
   "team": "BOS",
   "season": "2025-26",
   "b2b_games": 13,
   "b2b_freq": 0.159,
   "sft_descriptive_composite_per36": -0.0501,
   "sft_credible_pts_per100_ortg": -0.2751
  },
  {
   "team": "ATL",
   "season": "2025-26",
   "b2b_games": 12,
   "b2b_freq": 0.158,
   "sft_descriptive_composite_per36": -0.0498,
   "sft_credible_pts_per100_ortg": -0.2733
  },
  {
   "team": "CHI",
   "season": "2025-26",
   "b2b_games": 12,
   "b2b_freq": 0.158,
   "sft_descriptive_composite_per36": -0.0498,
   "sft_credible_pts_per100_ortg": -0.2733
  },
  {
   "team": "MEM",
   "season": "2025-26",
   "b2b_games": 12,
   "b2b_freq": 0.156,
   "sft_descriptive_composite_per36": -0.0491,
   "sft_credible_pts_per100_ortg": -0.2699
  }
 ],
 "headline": "Most-taxed schedule: DEN 2025-26 (-0.38 pts/100 ORtg season-averaged); least: MEM 2025-26 (-0.27). League schedule-inequality range 0.11 pts/100 across 90 team-seasons.",
 "index_card": {
  "stat_name": "Schedule Fatigue Tax",
  "abbrev": "SFT",
  "module": "novel_schedule_fatigue_tax",
  "formula": "SFT_credible = b2b_freq * (-1.73 pts/100 ORtg); SFT_descriptive = b2b_freq * (-0.315 composite/36).",
  "prior_art_verdict": "INCREMENTAL",
  "headline": "Most-taxed schedule: DEN 2025-26 (-0.38 pts/100 ORtg season-averaged); least: MEM 2025-26 (-0.27). League schedule-inequality range 0.11 pts/100 across 90 team-seasons.",
  "edge_claimed": false,
  "source_artifacts": [
   "scripts/platformkit/analytics_showcase/out/schedule_density.json"
  ],
  "chart": "docs/img/novel_schedule_fatigue_tax.png",
  "n_results": 90
 },
 "plot_written": true
}