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 (43‑37) vs Pistons (58‑22) |
176 | Hornets Wins | X | X | X | X | <1% | 6% | 11% | 37% | 46% | ^ | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | X | <1% | 3% | 5% | 21% | 55% | 17% | ^ | ||
| Pistons Wins | X | X | X | X | X | X | 1% | 10% | 62% | 27% | ^ | ||
| Bulls (31‑49) vs Magic (44‑36) |
108 | Bulls Wins | X | X | X | X | <1% | 3% | 7% | 36% | 37% | 16% | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | X | <1% | 3% | 5% | 21% | 55% | 17% | ^ | ||
| Magic Wins | X | X | X | X | <1% | 2% | 3% | 9% | 69% | 16% | ^ | ||
| Pacers (19‑61) vs Sixers (43‑37) |
37 | Pacers Wins | X | X | X | X | <1% | 3% | 11% | 21% | 48% | 16% | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | X | <1% | 3% | 5% | 21% | 55% | 17% | ^ | ||
| Sixers Wins | X | X | X | X | <1% | 3% | 2% | 21% | 57% | 16% | ^ | ||
| Wizards (17‑63) vs Heat (41‑39) |
16 | Wizards Wins | X | X | X | X | <1% | 3% | 5% | 21% | 71% | ^ | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | X | <1% | 3% | 5% | 21% | 55% | 17% | ^ | ||
| Heat Wins | X | X | X | X | <1% | 2% | 5% | 20% | 48% | 23% | ^ | ||
| Cavaliers (51‑29) vs Hawks (45‑35) |
13 | Cavaliers Wins | X | X | X | X | 1% | 5% | 4% | 19% | 55% | 16% | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | X | <1% | 3% | 5% | 21% | 55% | 17% | ^ | ||
| Hawks Wins | X | X | X | X | X | <1% | 6% | 22% | 55% | 17% | ^ | ||
| Knicks (52‑28) vs Raptors (45‑35) |
0 | Knicks Wins | X | X | X | X | <1% | 3% | 5% | 21% | 55% | 16% | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | X | <1% | 3% | 5% | 21% | 55% | 17% | ^ | ||
| Raptors Wins | X | X | X | X | X | 3% | 5% | 21% | 55% | 16% | ^ | ||
| Celtics (54‑26) vs Pelicans (26‑54) |
0 | Celtics Wins | X | X | X | X | <1% | 3% | 5% | 21% | 55% | 17% | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | X | <1% | 3% | 5% | 21% | 55% | 17% | ^ | ||
| Pelicans Wins | X | X | X | X | <1% | 3% | 5% | 21% | 55% | 17% | ^ | ||
| Bucks (31‑49) vs Nets (20‑60) |
0 | Bucks Wins | X | X | X | X | <1% | 3% | 5% | 21% | 55% | 17% | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | X | <1% | 3% | 5% | 21% | 55% | 17% | ^ | ||
| Nets Wins | X | X | X | X | <1% | 3% | 5% | 21% | 55% | 17% | ^ | ||