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 (31‑31) vs Celtics (41‑20) |
63 | Hornets Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 3% | 7% | 11% | 18% | 27% | 27% | 7% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 2% | 5% | 9% | 15% | 26% | 32% | 11% | ||
| Celtics Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 4% | 8% | 15% | 26% | 34% | 12% | ||
| Nets (15‑46) vs Heat (33‑29) |
16 | Nets Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 5% | 10% | 17% | 25% | 31% | 11% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 2% | 5% | 9% | 15% | 26% | 32% | 11% | ||
| Heat Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 4% | 8% | 15% | 26% | 33% | 11% | ||
| Mavericks (21‑40) vs Magic (32‑28) |
11 | Mavericks Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 2% | 5% | 10% | 16% | 25% | 31% | 11% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 2% | 5% | 9% | 15% | 26% | 32% | 11% | ||
| Magic Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 2% | 4% | 9% | 15% | 26% | 33% | 10% | ||
| Jazz (18‑43) vs Sixers (33‑28) |
11 | Jazz Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 2% | 5% | 10% | 16% | 25% | 32% | 10% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 2% | 5% | 9% | 15% | 26% | 32% | 11% | ||
| Sixers Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 5% | 9% | 15% | 26% | 33% | 11% | ||
| Bucks (26‑34) vs Hawks (31‑31) |
11 | Bucks Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 2% | 5% | 10% | 16% | 27% | 28% | 12% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 2% | 5% | 9% | 15% | 26% | 32% | 11% | ||
| Hawks Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 5% | 8% | 15% | 25% | 37% | 9% | ||
| Spurs (44‑17) vs Pistons (45‑15) |
4 | Spurs Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 2% | 5% | 9% | 16% | 25% | 32% | 11% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 2% | 5% | 9% | 15% | 26% | 32% | 11% | ||
| Pistons Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 4% | 9% | 16% | 26% | 32% | 11% | ||
| Knicks (40‑22) vs Thunder (48‑15) |
3 | Knicks Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 2% | 5% | 9% | 15% | 26% | 33% | 11% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 2% | 5% | 9% | 15% | 26% | 32% | 11% | ||
| Thunder Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 4% | 9% | 16% | 26% | 32% | 11% | ||
| Clippers (29‑31) vs Pacers (15‑46) |
1 | Clippers Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 5% | 9% | 16% | 26% | 32% | 11% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 2% | 5% | 9% | 15% | 26% | 32% | 11% | ||
| Pacers Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 2% | 5% | 9% | 15% | 25% | 33% | 11% | ||
| Bulls (25‑37) vs Suns (35‑26) |
0 | Bulls Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 4% | 9% | 16% | 26% | 33% | 11% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 2% | 5% | 9% | 15% | 26% | 32% | 11% | ||
| Suns Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 4% | 9% | 15% | 26% | 33% | 11% | ||
| Raptors (35‑26) vs TimberwolvesT. Wolves (39‑23) |
0 | Raptors Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 5% | 9% | 16% | 26% | 33% | 11% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 2% | 5% | 9% | 15% | 26% | 32% | 11% | ||
| TimberwolvesT. Wolves Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 2% | 5% | 9% | 16% | 26% | 32% | 11% | ||