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 | |||
| Clippers (20‑24) vs Nets (12‑31) |
2 | Clippers Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 5% | 10% | 82% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 5% | 10% | 82% | ||
| Nets Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 4% | 10% | 83% | ||
| Kings (12‑34) vs Pistons (32‑11) |
1 | Kings Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 4% | 10% | 82% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 5% | 10% | 82% | ||
| Pistons Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 4% | 10% | 83% | ||
| Mavericks (19‑27) vs Bucks (18‑26) |
1 | Mavericks Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 5% | 10% | 82% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 5% | 10% | 82% | ||
| Bucks Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 5% | 10% | 83% | ||
| Thunder (37‑9) vs Raptors (28‑19) |
1 | Thunder Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 4% | 11% | 81% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 5% | 10% | 82% | ||
| Raptors Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 4% | 10% | 82% | ||
| Heat (23‑22) vs Jazz (15‑30) |
1 | Heat Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 5% | 10% | 82% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 5% | 10% | 82% | ||
| Jazz Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 4% | 10% | 82% | ||