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 (30‑31) vs Mavericks (21‑39) |
55 | Hornets Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 4% | 9% | 16% | 26% | 30% | 14% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 4% | 8% | 14% | 24% | 32% | 16% | ||
| Mavericks Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 2% | 6% | 12% | 23% | 36% | 22% | ||
| Nets (15‑45) vs Heat (32‑29) |
11 | Nets Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 4% | 9% | 15% | 23% | 31% | 16% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 4% | 8% | 14% | 24% | 32% | 16% | ||
| Heat Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 4% | 8% | 15% | 25% | 32% | 16% | ||
| Cavaliers (38‑24) vs Pistons (45‑14) |
10 | Cavaliers Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 4% | 9% | 15% | 25% | 31% | 16% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 4% | 8% | 14% | 24% | 32% | 16% | ||
| Pistons Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 4% | 8% | 14% | 25% | 33% | 16% | ||
| Celtics (40‑20) vs Bucks (26‑33) |
8 | Celtics Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 4% | 8% | 15% | 25% | 33% | 14% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 4% | 8% | 14% | 24% | 32% | 16% | ||
| Bucks Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 4% | 8% | 14% | 23% | 31% | 19% | ||
| Spurs (43‑17) vs Sixers (33‑27) |
2 | Spurs Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 4% | 8% | 14% | 25% | 32% | 16% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 4% | 8% | 14% | 24% | 32% | 16% | ||
| Sixers Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 4% | 8% | 15% | 24% | 32% | 17% | ||
| Knicks (39‑22) vs Raptors (35‑25) |
2 | Knicks Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 4% | 8% | 14% | 24% | 32% | 16% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 4% | 8% | 14% | 24% | 32% | 16% | ||
| Raptors Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 3% | 8% | 15% | 24% | 32% | 16% | ||
| Thunder (47‑15) vs Bulls (25‑36) |
2 | Thunder Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 4% | 8% | 14% | 24% | 32% | 17% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 4% | 8% | 14% | 24% | 32% | 16% | ||
| Bulls Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 4% | 8% | 14% | 23% | 32% | 17% | ||
| Rockets (37‑22) vs Wizards (16‑43) |
0 | Rockets Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 4% | 9% | 14% | 24% | 32% | 16% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 4% | 8% | 14% | 24% | 32% | 16% | ||
| Wizards Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 4% | 8% | 15% | 25% | 31% | 16% | ||