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 | |||
| Trail Blazers (32‑35) vs Sixers (36‑31) |
20 | Trail Blazers Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 2% | 6% | 14% | 25% | 52% | 1% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 4% | 12% | 25% | 56% | 1% | ||
| Sixers Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 4% | 10% | 25% | 58% | 1% | ||
| Magic (38‑28) vs Hawks (36‑31) |
14 | Magic Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 5% | 14% | 28% | 51% | 1% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 4% | 12% | 25% | 56% | 1% | ||
| Hawks Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 1% | 4% | 11% | 23% | 59% | 1% | ||
| Pistons (48‑18) vs Raptors (37‑29) |
7 | Pistons Wins | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 2% | 5% | 12% | 24% | 56% | 1% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 4% | 12% | 25% | 56% | 1% | ||
| Raptors Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 4% | 12% | 25% | 57% | 1% | ||
| Cavaliers (41‑26) vs Mavericks (22‑45) |
3 | Cavaliers Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 1% | 4% | 13% | 24% | 56% | 1% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 4% | 12% | 25% | 56% | 1% | ||
| Mavericks Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 5% | 12% | 24% | 57% | 1% | ||
| Pacers (15‑52) vs Bucks (27‑39) |
2 | Pacers Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 5% | 13% | 24% | 56% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 4% | 12% | 25% | 56% | 1% | ||
| Bucks Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 4% | 13% | 24% | 57% | 1% | ||
| Warriors (32‑34) vs Knicks (43‑25) |
1 | Warriors Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 2% | 5% | 12% | 25% | 55% | 1% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 4% | 12% | 25% | 56% | 1% | ||
| Knicks Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 2% | 5% | 12% | 24% | 56% | 1% | ||
| Grizzlies (23‑43) vs Bulls (27‑40) |
1 | Grizzlies Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 5% | 12% | 24% | 56% | 1% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 4% | 12% | 25% | 56% | 1% | ||
| Bulls Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 1% | 5% | 12% | 25% | 56% | 1% | ||
| Celtics (44‑23) vs Suns (39‑28) |
0 | Celtics Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 2% | 5% | 12% | 25% | 56% | 1% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 4% | 12% | 25% | 56% | 1% | ||
| Suns Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 5% | 12% | 25% | 56% | 1% | ||