The Most Important Games for the Hawks are those games in the upcoming week whose outcome most changes the Hawks final playoff standings. The Importance Factor provides a relative importance between games. Hawks fans can use this table to identify the most interesting games in the upcoming week of play.
| Game | Importance Factor (0‑∼100) |
Game Winner |
Hawks Resultant Playoff Probabilities | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conference Playoff Spots | No Playoffs No POs | ||||||||||||
| 1* First Round Home Field Advantage |
2* First Round Home Field Advantage |
3* First Round Home Field Advantage |
4* First Round Home Field Advantage |
5 | 6 | 7** Play-in Tournament Participant |
8** Play-in Tournament Participant |
9** Play-in Tournament Participant |
10** Play-in Tournament Participant |
11 | |||
| Warriors (24‑19) vs Heat (22‑20) |
9 | Warriors Wins | <1% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 4% | 7% | 9% | 13% | 18% | 20% | 25% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 4% | 6% | 9% | 13% | 18% | 20% | 25% | ||
| Heat Wins | <1% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 4% | 6% | 9% | 13% | 19% | 20% | 26% | ||
| Nets (12‑28) vs Suns (25‑17) |
5 | Nets Wins | <1% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 4% | 6% | 10% | 13% | 19% | 19% | 25% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 4% | 6% | 9% | 13% | 18% | 20% | 25% | ||
| Suns Wins | <1% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 4% | 6% | 9% | 13% | 18% | 21% | 25% | ||
| Clippers (18‑23) vs Wizards (10‑31) |
5 | Clippers Wins | <1% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 4% | 6% | 10% | 13% | 18% | 21% | 25% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 4% | 6% | 9% | 13% | 18% | 20% | 25% | ||
| Wizards Wins | <1% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 4% | 6% | 9% | 13% | 18% | 20% | 26% | ||
| Thunder (35‑8) vs Cavaliers (24‑19) |
4 | Thunder Wins | <1% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 4% | 6% | 9% | 13% | 18% | 20% | 25% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 4% | 6% | 9% | 13% | 18% | 20% | 25% | ||
| Cavaliers Wins | <1% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 4% | 6% | 9% | 13% | 18% | 20% | 26% | ||
| Mavericks (17‑26) vs Knicks (25‑17) |
2 | Mavericks Wins | <1% | <1% | 1% | 3% | 4% | 6% | 9% | 13% | 18% | 21% | 25% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 4% | 6% | 9% | 13% | 18% | 20% | 25% | ||
| Knicks Wins | <1% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 4% | 7% | 9% | 13% | 18% | 20% | 25% | ||
| Celtics (26‑15) vs Pistons (30‑10) |
1 | Celtics Wins | <1% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 3% | 7% | 10% | 13% | 18% | 20% | 26% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 4% | 6% | 9% | 13% | 18% | 20% | 25% | ||
| Pistons Wins | <1% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 4% | 7% | 9% | 13% | 19% | 20% | 26% | ||
| Pacers (10‑33) vs Sixers (22‑18) |
0 | Pacers Wins | <1% | <1% | 1% | 3% | 4% | 6% | 10% | 13% | 18% | 20% | 25% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 4% | 6% | 9% | 13% | 18% | 20% | 25% | ||
| Sixers Wins | <1% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 4% | 6% | 9% | 14% | 19% | 20% | 24% | ||