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 | |||
| Mavericks (21‑40) vs Magic (32‑28) |
13 | Mavericks Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 3% | 8% | 13% | 19% | 26% | 28% | 4% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 3% | 7% | 12% | 18% | 26% | 30% | 4% | ||
| Magic Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 3% | 6% | 12% | 18% | 25% | 31% | 4% | ||
| Nets (15‑46) vs Heat (33‑29) |
11 | Nets Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 3% | 8% | 12% | 19% | 25% | 29% | 4% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 3% | 7% | 12% | 18% | 26% | 30% | 4% | ||
| Heat Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 3% | 7% | 12% | 18% | 26% | 30% | 4% | ||
| Pistons (45‑15) vs Spurs (44‑17) |
2 | Pistons Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 3% | 7% | 12% | 18% | 26% | 29% | 5% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 3% | 7% | 12% | 18% | 26% | 30% | 4% | ||
| Spurs Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 3% | 7% | 12% | 18% | 26% | 30% | 4% | ||
| Wizards (16‑45) vs Jazz (18‑44) |
2 | Wizards Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 3% | 7% | 12% | 19% | 26% | 29% | 4% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 3% | 7% | 12% | 18% | 26% | 30% | 4% | ||
| Jazz Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 3% | 7% | 12% | 18% | 25% | 31% | 4% | ||
| Suns (35‑26) vs Bulls (25‑37) |
1 | Suns Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 3% | 7% | 12% | 18% | 26% | 30% | 5% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 3% | 7% | 12% | 18% | 26% | 30% | 4% | ||
| Bulls Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 3% | 7% | 11% | 18% | 26% | 30% | 5% | ||
| Raptors (35‑26) vs TimberwolvesT. Wolves (39‑23) |
1 | Raptors Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 2% | 7% | 12% | 18% | 26% | 30% | 5% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 3% | 7% | 12% | 18% | 26% | 30% | 4% | ||
| TimberwolvesT. Wolves Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 3% | 7% | 12% | 18% | 26% | 30% | 5% | ||