The Most Important Games for the Knicks are those games in the upcoming week whose outcome most changes the Knicks final playoff standings. The Importance Factor provides a relative importance between games. Knicks fans can use this table to identify the most interesting games in the upcoming week of play.
| Game | Importance Factor (0‑∼100) |
Game Winner |
Knicks 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 |
8** Play-in |
9** Play-in |
10** Play-in |
11 | |||
| Knicks (12‑7) vs Raptors (9‑11) |
43 | Knicks Wins | 7% | 12% | 12% | 11% | 10% | 10% | 9% | 8% | 7% | 6% | 7% |
| Current Probabilities | 8% | 12% | 11% | 11% | 10% | 9% | 9% | 8% | 8% | 6% | 9% | ||
| Raptors Wins | 6% | 10% | 11% | 11% | 10% | 9% | 9% | 9% | 8% | 7% | 10% | ||
| Kings (11‑7) vs Nets (10‑9) |
9 | Kings Wins | 8% | 11% | 11% | 11% | 10% | 9% | 8% | 8% | 8% | 6% | 9% |
| Current Probabilities | 8% | 12% | 11% | 11% | 10% | 9% | 9% | 8% | 8% | 6% | 9% | ||
| Nets Wins | 7% | 12% | 11% | 10% | 10% | 9% | 9% | 8% | 8% | 6% | 9% | ||
| Hawks (9‑10) vs Nuggets (14‑7) |
6 | Hawks Wins | 8% | 11% | 12% | 11% | 10% | 9% | 9% | 8% | 7% | 6% | 8% |
| Current Probabilities | 8% | 12% | 11% | 11% | 10% | 9% | 9% | 8% | 8% | 6% | 9% | ||
| Nuggets Wins | 7% | 11% | 11% | 11% | 10% | 10% | 9% | 8% | 8% | 6% | 8% | ||
| Hornets (6‑12) vs Heat (11‑9) |
6 | Hornets Wins | 8% | 12% | 12% | 11% | 10% | 9% | 9% | 8% | 8% | 6% | 8% |
| Current Probabilities | 8% | 12% | 11% | 11% | 10% | 9% | 9% | 8% | 8% | 6% | 9% | ||
| Heat Wins | 8% | 12% | 11% | 11% | 10% | 9% | 9% | 8% | 8% | 6% | 8% | ||
| Pistons (2‑18) vs Pacers (10‑8) |
5 | Pistons Wins | 8% | 12% | 12% | 11% | 10% | 9% | 9% | 9% | 8% | 6% | 9% |
| Current Probabilities | 8% | 12% | 11% | 11% | 10% | 9% | 9% | 8% | 8% | 6% | 9% | ||
| Pacers Wins | 7% | 11% | 11% | 11% | 10% | 9% | 9% | 8% | 8% | 7% | 9% | ||
| Cavaliers (11‑9) vs Magic (14‑6) |
2 | Cavaliers Wins | 8% | 12% | 12% | 11% | 9% | 9% | 8% | 8% | 7% | 7% | 9% |
| Current Probabilities | 8% | 12% | 11% | 11% | 10% | 9% | 9% | 8% | 8% | 6% | 9% | ||
| Magic Wins | 7% | 11% | 12% | 11% | 10% | 9% | 9% | 9% | 8% | 7% | 8% | ||
| Bucks (14‑6) vs Bulls (7‑14) |
2 | Bucks Wins | 7% | 11% | 11% | 11% | 10% | 9% | 8% | 9% | 7% | 6% | 8% |
| Current Probabilities | 8% | 12% | 11% | 11% | 10% | 9% | 9% | 8% | 8% | 6% | 9% | ||
| Bulls Wins | 8% | 11% | 11% | 11% | 9% | 9% | 9% | 9% | 8% | 6% | 9% | ||
| Wizards (3‑16) vs Sixers (12‑7) |
0 | Wizards Wins | 8% | 11% | 12% | 10% | 10% | 9% | 9% | 8% | 8% | 6% | 9% |
| Current Probabilities | 8% | 12% | 11% | 11% | 10% | 9% | 9% | 8% | 8% | 6% | 9% | ||
| Sixers Wins | 7% | 11% | 12% | 10% | 10% | 9% | 9% | 9% | 8% | 6% | 8% | ||