The Most Important Games for the Hornets are those games in the upcoming week whose outcome most changes the Hornets final playoff standings. The Importance Factor provides a relative importance between games. Hornets fans can use this table to identify the most interesting games in the upcoming week of play.
| Game | Importance Factor (0‑∼100) |
Game Winner |
Hornets 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 | |||
| Hornets (39‑36) vs Nets (18‑57) |
67 | Hornets Wins | X | X | X | X | <1% | 2% | 4% | 17% | 36% | 41% | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | X | <1% | 1% | 3% | 13% | 33% | 49% | ^ | ||
| Nets Wins | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | 1% | 6% | 28% | 64% | ^ | ||
| Celtics (50‑25) vs Heat (40‑36) |
29 | Celtics Wins | X | X | X | X | <1% | 1% | 4% | 15% | 32% | 47% | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | X | <1% | 1% | 3% | 13% | 33% | 49% | ^ | ||
| Heat Wins | X | X | X | X | <1% | 1% | 3% | 9% | 36% | 51% | ^ | ||
| Suns (42‑33) vs Magic (39‑35) |
22 | Suns Wins | X | X | X | X | <1% | 1% | 4% | 15% | 41% | 39% | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | X | <1% | 1% | 3% | 13% | 33% | 49% | ^ | ||
| Magic Wins | X | X | X | X | <1% | 1% | 3% | 12% | 27% | 57% | ^ | ||
| Wizards (17‑58) vs Sixers (41‑34) |
11 | Wizards Wins | X | X | X | X | <1% | 1% | 5% | 13% | 32% | 49% | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | X | <1% | 1% | 3% | 13% | 33% | 49% | ^ | ||
| Sixers Wins | X | X | X | X | <1% | 1% | 3% | 13% | 34% | 49% | ^ | ||
| Pistons (54‑21) vs Raptors (42‑32) |
0 | Pistons Wins | X | X | X | X | <1% | 1% | 3% | 13% | 33% | 49% | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | X | <1% | 1% | 3% | 13% | 33% | 49% | ^ | ||
| Raptors Wins | X | X | X | X | <1% | 1% | 3% | 13% | 34% | 49% | ^ | ||
| Bucks (29‑45) vs Mavericks (24‑51) |
0 | Bucks Wins | X | X | X | X | <1% | 1% | 3% | 13% | 33% | 49% | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | X | <1% | 1% | 3% | 13% | 33% | 49% | ^ | ||
| Mavericks Wins | X | X | X | X | <1% | 1% | 3% | 13% | 33% | 49% | ^ | ||
| Rockets (45‑29) vs Knicks (48‑27) |
0 | Rockets Wins | X | X | X | X | <1% | 1% | 3% | 13% | 33% | 49% | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | X | <1% | 1% | 3% | 13% | 33% | 49% | ^ | ||
| Knicks Wins | X | X | X | X | <1% | 1% | 3% | 13% | 33% | 49% | ^ | ||
| Lakers (49‑26) vs Cavaliers (47‑28) |
0 | Lakers Wins | X | X | X | X | <1% | 1% | 3% | 13% | 33% | 49% | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | X | <1% | 1% | 3% | 13% | 33% | 49% | ^ | ||
| Cavaliers Wins | X | X | X | X | <1% | 1% | 3% | 13% | 33% | 49% | ^ | ||
| Bulls (29‑46) vs Pacers (17‑58) |
0 | Bulls Wins | X | X | X | X | <1% | 1% | 3% | 13% | 33% | 49% | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | X | <1% | 1% | 3% | 13% | 33% | 49% | ^ | ||
| Pacers Wins | X | X | X | X | <1% | 1% | 3% | 13% | 33% | 49% | ^ | ||