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 | |||
| Magic (32‑37) vs Rockets (44‑25) |
0 | Magic Wins | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | >99% |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Rockets Wins | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Pacers (38‑29) vs Mavericks (33‑36) |
0 | Pacers Wins | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | >99% |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Mavericks Wins | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Heat (29‑39) vs Pistons (38‑31) |
0 | Heat Wins | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | >99% |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Pistons Wins | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Spurs (28‑39) vs Knicks (43‑24) |
0 | Spurs Wins | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | >99% |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Knicks Wins | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Thunder (56‑12) vs Sixers (23‑45) |
0 | Thunder Wins | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | >99% |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Sixers Wins | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Jazz (15‑54) vs Wizards (15‑52) |
0 | Jazz Wins | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | >99% |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Wizards Wins | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Kings (34‑33) vs Cavaliers (56‑12) |
0 | Kings Wins | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | >99% |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Cavaliers Wins | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Suns (32‑37) vs Bulls (29‑39) |
0 | Suns Wins | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | >99% |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Bulls Wins | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Warriors (40‑29) vs Raptors (24‑45) |
0 | Warriors Wins | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | >99% |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Raptors Wins | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||