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 (39‑35) vs Suns (42‑33) |
103 | Magic Wins | X | X | X | <1% | 1% | 5% | 18% | 33% | 22% | 21% | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | <1% | 1% | 4% | 14% | 30% | 23% | 29% | ^ | ||
| Suns Wins | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | 1% | 8% | 25% | 24% | 42% | ^ | ||
| Nets (18‑57) vs Hornets (39‑36) |
30 | Nets Wins | X | X | X | <1% | 1% | 4% | 14% | 33% | 25% | 24% | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | <1% | 1% | 4% | 14% | 30% | 23% | 29% | ^ | ||
| Hornets Wins | X | X | X | <1% | 1% | 4% | 13% | 27% | 22% | 33% | ^ | ||
| Cavaliers (46‑28) vs Jazz (21‑54) |
5 | Cavaliers Wins | X | X | X | <1% | 1% | 3% | 14% | 30% | 23% | 29% | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | <1% | 1% | 4% | 14% | 30% | 23% | 29% | ^ | ||
| Jazz Wins | X | X | X | <1% | 1% | 4% | 13% | 29% | 23% | 31% | ^ | ||
| Thunder (59‑16) vs Pistons (54‑20) |
0 | Thunder Wins | X | X | X | <1% | 1% | 4% | 14% | 30% | 23% | 29% | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | <1% | 1% | 4% | 14% | 30% | 23% | 29% | ^ | ||
| Pistons Wins | X | X | X | <1% | 1% | 4% | 14% | 30% | 23% | 29% | ^ | ||
| Lakers (48‑26) vs Wizards (17‑57) |
0 | Lakers Wins | X | X | X | <1% | 1% | 4% | 14% | 30% | 23% | 29% | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | <1% | 1% | 4% | 14% | 30% | 23% | 29% | ^ | ||
| Wizards Wins | X | X | X | <1% | 1% | 4% | 14% | 30% | 23% | 29% | ^ | ||
| Bucks (29‑45) vs Mavericks (24‑51) |
0 | Bucks Wins | X | X | X | <1% | 1% | 4% | 14% | 30% | 23% | 29% | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | <1% | 1% | 4% | 14% | 30% | 23% | 29% | ^ | ||
| Mavericks Wins | X | X | X | <1% | 1% | 4% | 14% | 30% | 23% | 29% | ^ | ||
| Rockets (45‑29) vs Knicks (48‑27) |
0 | Rockets Wins | X | X | X | <1% | 1% | 4% | 14% | 30% | 23% | 29% | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | <1% | 1% | 4% | 14% | 30% | 23% | 29% | ^ | ||
| Knicks Wins | X | X | X | <1% | 1% | 4% | 14% | 30% | 23% | 29% | ^ | ||