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 (39‑35) vs Celtics (49‑24) |
95 | Hornets Wins | X | X | X | <1% | 2% | 5% | 10% | 20% | 33% | 30% | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | <1% | 1% | 3% | 6% | 16% | 31% | 43% | ^ | ||
| Celtics Wins | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | 1% | 3% | 12% | 30% | 53% | ^ | ||
| Pacers (16‑58) vs Heat (39‑35) |
33 | Pacers Wins | X | X | X | <1% | 1% | 4% | 7% | 19% | 30% | 39% | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | <1% | 1% | 3% | 6% | 16% | 31% | 43% | ^ | ||
| Heat Wins | X | X | X | <1% | 1% | 3% | 6% | 14% | 32% | 44% | ^ | ||
| Raptors (41‑32) vs Magic (39‑34) |
17 | Raptors Wins | X | X | X | <1% | 1% | 3% | 6% | 18% | 34% | 38% | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | <1% | 1% | 3% | 6% | 16% | 31% | 43% | ^ | ||
| Magic Wins | X | X | X | <1% | 2% | 3% | 6% | 14% | 26% | 50% | ^ | ||
| Cavaliers (46‑28) vs Jazz (21‑54) |
4 | Cavaliers Wins | X | X | X | <1% | 1% | 3% | 6% | 16% | 31% | 42% | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | <1% | 1% | 3% | 6% | 16% | 31% | 43% | ^ | ||
| Jazz Wins | X | X | X | <1% | 1% | 3% | 6% | 16% | 32% | 42% | ^ | ||
| Bucks (29‑44) vs Clippers (38‑36) |
0 | Bucks Wins | X | X | X | <1% | 1% | 3% | 6% | 16% | 31% | 43% | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | <1% | 1% | 3% | 6% | 16% | 31% | 43% | ^ | ||
| Clippers Wins | X | X | X | <1% | 1% | 3% | 6% | 16% | 31% | 43% | ^ | ||
| Nets (17‑57) vs Kings (19‑56) |
0 | Nets Wins | X | X | X | <1% | 1% | 3% | 6% | 16% | 31% | 43% | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | <1% | 1% | 3% | 6% | 16% | 31% | 43% | ^ | ||
| Kings Wins | X | X | X | <1% | 1% | 3% | 6% | 16% | 31% | 43% | ^ | ||
| Trail Blazers (37‑38) vs Wizards (17‑56) |
0 | Trail Blazers Wins | X | X | X | <1% | 1% | 3% | 6% | 16% | 31% | 43% | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | <1% | 1% | 3% | 6% | 16% | 31% | 43% | ^ | ||
| Wizards Wins | X | X | X | <1% | 1% | 3% | 6% | 16% | 31% | 43% | ^ | ||
| Thunder (58‑16) vs Knicks (48‑26) |
0 | Thunder Wins | X | X | X | <1% | 1% | 3% | 6% | 16% | 31% | 43% | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | <1% | 1% | 3% | 6% | 16% | 31% | 43% | ^ | ||
| Knicks Wins | X | X | X | <1% | 1% | 3% | 6% | 16% | 31% | 43% | ^ | ||
| Spurs (56‑18) vs Bulls (29‑45) |
0 | Spurs Wins | X | X | X | <1% | 1% | 3% | 6% | 16% | 31% | 43% | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | <1% | 1% | 3% | 6% | 16% | 31% | 43% | ^ | ||
| Bulls Wins | X | X | X | <1% | 1% | 3% | 6% | 16% | 31% | 43% | ^ | ||