The Most Important Games for the Lakers are those games in the upcoming week whose outcome most changes the Lakers final playoff standings. The Importance Factor provides a relative importance between games. Lakers fans can use this table to identify the most interesting games in the upcoming week of play.
| Game | Importance Factor (0‑∼100) |
Game Winner |
Lakers 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 | |||
| Lakers (11‑2) vs Suns (5‑6) |
26 | Lakers Wins | 22% | 14% | 12% | 10% | 9% | 8% | 7% | 6% | 5% | 4% | 3% |
| Current Probabilities | 21% | 14% | 11% | 10% | 9% | 8% | 8% | 7% | 5% | 4% | 4% | ||
| Suns Wins | 20% | 14% | 11% | 10% | 9% | 8% | 7% | 7% | 5% | 4% | 5% | ||
| Trail Blazers (9‑3) vs TimberwolvesT. Wolves (9‑4) |
4 | Trail Blazers Wins | 21% | 14% | 11% | 9% | 10% | 9% | 7% | 6% | 5% | 4% | 4% |
| Current Probabilities | 21% | 14% | 11% | 10% | 9% | 8% | 8% | 7% | 5% | 4% | 4% | ||
| TimberwolvesT. Wolves Wins | 21% | 14% | 11% | 9% | 10% | 8% | 8% | 7% | 5% | 4% | 4% | ||
| Hornets (4‑8) vs Clippers (3‑8) |
3 | Hornets Wins | 21% | 14% | 11% | 9% | 9% | 8% | 8% | 6% | 5% | 4% | 4% |
| Current Probabilities | 21% | 14% | 11% | 10% | 9% | 8% | 8% | 7% | 5% | 4% | 4% | ||
| Clippers Wins | 20% | 14% | 11% | 10% | 9% | 9% | 8% | 6% | 5% | 4% | 4% | ||
| Kings (1‑11) vs Thunder (8‑5) |
3 | Kings Wins | 21% | 13% | 12% | 10% | 9% | 8% | 7% | 6% | 5% | 4% | 4% |
| Current Probabilities | 21% | 14% | 11% | 10% | 9% | 8% | 8% | 7% | 5% | 4% | 4% | ||
| Thunder Wins | 21% | 14% | 10% | 10% | 9% | 9% | 7% | 7% | 5% | 4% | 4% | ||
| Spurs (11‑2) vs Jazz (1‑12) |
2 | Spurs Wins | 20% | 14% | 11% | 10% | 9% | 8% | 8% | 6% | 5% | 4% | 4% |
| Current Probabilities | 21% | 14% | 11% | 10% | 9% | 8% | 8% | 7% | 5% | 4% | 4% | ||
| Jazz Wins | 22% | 13% | 11% | 10% | 9% | 9% | 7% | 6% | 6% | 4% | 4% | ||
| Mavericks (7‑6) vs Celtics (10‑2) |
1 | Mavericks Wins | 20% | 14% | 11% | 10% | 9% | 8% | 8% | 7% | 5% | 4% | 4% |
| Current Probabilities | 21% | 14% | 11% | 10% | 9% | 8% | 8% | 7% | 5% | 4% | 4% | ||
| Celtics Wins | 21% | 14% | 11% | 10% | 8% | 8% | 7% | 7% | 6% | 4% | 4% | ||
| Pelicans (4‑10) vs Warriors (8‑5) |
1 | Pelicans Wins | 21% | 14% | 11% | 9% | 9% | 8% | 8% | 6% | 5% | 4% | 4% |
| Current Probabilities | 21% | 14% | 11% | 10% | 9% | 8% | 8% | 7% | 5% | 4% | 4% | ||
| Warriors Wins | 21% | 14% | 11% | 10% | 8% | 8% | 8% | 6% | 6% | 4% | 4% | ||
| Rockets (10‑3) vs Wizards (4‑9) |
1 | Rockets Wins | 20% | 14% | 12% | 10% | 9% | 9% | 7% | 7% | 5% | 4% | 4% |
| Current Probabilities | 21% | 14% | 11% | 10% | 9% | 8% | 8% | 7% | 5% | 4% | 4% | ||
| Wizards Wins | 21% | 14% | 11% | 10% | 9% | 8% | 8% | 7% | 6% | 4% | 4% | ||