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 (42‑36) vs Pistons (57‑21) |
129 | Magic Wins | X | X | X | X | <1% | 6% | 18% | 36% | 34% | 6% | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | X | <1% | 3% | 11% | 28% | 42% | 16% | ^ | ||
| Pistons Wins | X | X | X | X | X | 1% | 6% | 22% | 47% | 24% | ^ | ||
| Celtics (53‑25) vs Hornets (43‑36) |
77 | Celtics Wins | X | X | X | X | <1% | 3% | 12% | 32% | 36% | 17% | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | X | <1% | 3% | 11% | 28% | 42% | 16% | ^ | ||
| Hornets Wins | X | X | X | X | <1% | 2% | 7% | 16% | 58% | 18% | ^ | ||
| Heat (41‑37) vs Raptors (43‑35) |
21 | Heat Wins | X | X | X | X | <1% | 6% | 13% | 26% | 27% | 28% | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | X | <1% | 3% | 11% | 28% | 42% | 16% | ^ | ||
| Raptors Wins | X | X | X | X | <1% | 1% | 9% | 30% | 51% | 10% | ^ | ||
| Spurs (59‑19) vs Sixers (43‑35) |
20 | Spurs Wins | X | X | X | X | <1% | 3% | 11% | 28% | 41% | 17% | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | X | <1% | 3% | 11% | 28% | 42% | 16% | ^ | ||
| Sixers Wins | X | X | X | X | <1% | 1% | 7% | 31% | 45% | 17% | ^ | ||
| Knicks (50‑28) vs Hawks (45‑33) |
2 | Knicks Wins | X | X | X | X | <1% | 3% | 11% | 29% | 41% | 17% | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | X | <1% | 3% | 11% | 28% | 42% | 16% | ^ | ||
| Hawks Wins | X | X | X | X | X | 3% | 10% | 29% | 42% | 16% | ^ | ||
| Grizzlies (25‑53) vs Cavaliers (49‑29) |
0 | Grizzlies Wins | X | X | X | X | <1% | 3% | 11% | 28% | 42% | 16% | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | X | <1% | 3% | 11% | 28% | 42% | 16% | ^ | ||
| Cavaliers Wins | X | X | X | X | <1% | 3% | 11% | 28% | 42% | 16% | ^ | ||
| Pacers (18‑60) vs TimberwolvesT. Wolves (46‑32) |
0 | Pacers Wins | X | X | X | X | <1% | 3% | 11% | 28% | 42% | 16% | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | X | <1% | 3% | 11% | 28% | 42% | 16% | ^ | ||
| TimberwolvesT. Wolves Wins | X | X | X | X | <1% | 3% | 11% | 28% | 42% | 16% | ^ | ||
| Wizards (17‑61) vs Bulls (29‑49) |
0 | Wizards Wins | X | X | X | X | <1% | 3% | 11% | 28% | 42% | 16% | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | X | <1% | 3% | 11% | 28% | 42% | 16% | ^ | ||
| Bulls Wins | X | X | X | X | <1% | 3% | 11% | 28% | 42% | 16% | ^ | ||
| Nets (19‑59) vs Bucks (31‑47) |
0 | Nets Wins | X | X | X | X | <1% | 3% | 11% | 28% | 42% | 16% | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | X | <1% | 3% | 11% | 28% | 42% | 16% | ^ | ||
| Bucks Wins | X | X | X | X | <1% | 3% | 11% | 28% | 42% | 16% | ^ | ||