The Most Important Games for the Magic are those games in the upcoming week whose outcome most changes the Magic final playoff standings. The Importance Factor provides a relative importance between games. Magic fans can use this table to identify the most interesting games in the upcoming week of play.
| Game | Importance Factor (0‑∼100) |
Game Winner |
Magic 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 | |||
| Magic (36‑28) vs Wizards (16‑48) |
63 | Magic Wins | <1% | <1% | 2% | 8% | 31% | 23% | 16% | 11% | 7% | 3% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | 2% | 8% | 30% | 23% | 15% | 12% | 7% | 3% | <1% | ||
| Wizards Wins | <1% | <1% | 1% | 4% | 23% | 21% | 18% | 15% | 11% | 6% | <1% | ||
| Bucks (27‑37) vs Heat (37‑29) |
17 | Bucks Wins | <1% | <1% | 2% | 8% | 33% | 22% | 15% | 10% | 7% | 3% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | 2% | 8% | 30% | 23% | 15% | 12% | 7% | 3% | <1% | ||
| Heat Wins | <1% | <1% | 2% | 8% | 29% | 22% | 16% | 11% | 8% | 3% | <1% | ||
| Pistons (46‑18) vs Sixers (35‑30) |
15 | Pistons Wins | <1% | <1% | 2% | 8% | 32% | 22% | 15% | 11% | 7% | 3% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | 2% | 8% | 30% | 23% | 15% | 12% | 7% | 3% | <1% | ||
| Sixers Wins | <1% | <1% | 2% | 8% | 28% | 21% | 16% | 13% | 8% | 4% | <1% | ||
| Nets (17‑48) vs Hawks (34‑31) |
12 | Nets Wins | <1% | <1% | 2% | 8% | 31% | 23% | 16% | 11% | 6% | 3% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | 2% | 8% | 30% | 23% | 15% | 12% | 7% | 3% | <1% | ||
| Hawks Wins | <1% | <1% | 2% | 8% | 31% | 23% | 15% | 11% | 8% | 4% | <1% | ||
| Kings (16‑50) vs Hornets (33‑33) |
10 | Kings Wins | <1% | <1% | 2% | 8% | 31% | 23% | 16% | 12% | 8% | 2% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | 2% | 8% | 30% | 23% | 15% | 12% | 7% | 3% | <1% | ||
| Hornets Wins | <1% | <1% | 2% | 8% | 30% | 22% | 15% | 11% | 8% | 4% | <1% | ||
| Lakers (40‑25) vs Bulls (27‑38) |
1 | Lakers Wins | <1% | <1% | 2% | 8% | 30% | 23% | 16% | 11% | 7% | 3% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | 2% | 8% | 30% | 23% | 15% | 12% | 7% | 3% | <1% | ||
| Bulls Wins | <1% | <1% | 2% | 7% | 31% | 22% | 16% | 11% | 8% | 3% | <1% | ||
| Celtics (43‑22) vs Thunder (51‑15) |
0 | Celtics Wins | <1% | <1% | 1% | 8% | 31% | 23% | 16% | 11% | 7% | 4% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | 2% | 8% | 30% | 23% | 15% | 12% | 7% | 3% | <1% | ||
| Thunder Wins | <1% | <1% | 2% | 8% | 31% | 22% | 16% | 11% | 7% | 3% | <1% | ||
| Pacers (15‑50) vs Suns (38‑27) |
0 | Pacers Wins | <1% | <1% | 2% | 8% | 30% | 23% | 15% | 12% | 7% | 3% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | 2% | 8% | 30% | 23% | 15% | 12% | 7% | 3% | <1% | ||
| Suns Wins | <1% | <1% | 2% | 8% | 30% | 23% | 15% | 12% | 7% | 3% | <1% | ||