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 (35‑28) vs Cavaliers (40‑25) |
65 | Magic Wins | <1% | <1% | 2% | 7% | 24% | 25% | 19% | 13% | 9% | 3% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | 1% | 5% | 22% | 24% | 18% | 15% | 11% | 5% | <1% | ||
| Cavaliers Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | 2% | 19% | 23% | 19% | 17% | 13% | 6% | <1% | ||
| Wizards (16‑47) vs Heat (36‑29) |
21 | Wizards Wins | <1% | <1% | 1% | 6% | 23% | 25% | 18% | 13% | 10% | 4% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | 1% | 5% | 22% | 24% | 18% | 15% | 11% | 5% | <1% | ||
| Heat Wins | <1% | <1% | 1% | 5% | 21% | 24% | 19% | 15% | 11% | 5% | <1% | ||
| Rockets (39‑24) vs Raptors (36‑27) |
12 | Rockets Wins | <1% | <1% | 1% | 5% | 23% | 23% | 18% | 15% | 10% | 4% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | 1% | 5% | 22% | 24% | 18% | 15% | 11% | 5% | <1% | ||
| Raptors Wins | <1% | <1% | 1% | 5% | 19% | 25% | 19% | 16% | 12% | 4% | <1% | ||
| Trail Blazers (31‑34) vs Hornets (32‑33) |
7 | Trail Blazers Wins | <1% | <1% | 1% | 5% | 22% | 24% | 18% | 15% | 10% | 4% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | 1% | 5% | 22% | 24% | 18% | 15% | 11% | 5% | <1% | ||
| Hornets Wins | <1% | <1% | 1% | 5% | 23% | 22% | 18% | 14% | 10% | 5% | <1% | ||
| Suns (37‑27) vs Bucks (27‑36) |
4 | Suns Wins | <1% | <1% | 1% | 5% | 22% | 23% | 19% | 15% | 10% | 4% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | 1% | 5% | 22% | 24% | 18% | 15% | 11% | 5% | <1% | ||
| Bucks Wins | <1% | <1% | 1% | 5% | 22% | 23% | 19% | 15% | 11% | 5% | <1% | ||
| Pistons (45‑18) vs Nets (17‑47) |
3 | Pistons Wins | <1% | <1% | 1% | 5% | 22% | 24% | 19% | 15% | 11% | 4% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | 1% | 5% | 22% | 24% | 18% | 15% | 11% | 5% | <1% | ||
| Nets Wins | <1% | <1% | 1% | 5% | 22% | 23% | 19% | 15% | 11% | 5% | <1% | ||
| Jazz (20‑45) vs Knicks (41‑25) |
3 | Jazz Wins | <1% | <1% | 2% | 6% | 21% | 22% | 19% | 15% | 11% | 4% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | 1% | 5% | 22% | 24% | 18% | 15% | 11% | 5% | <1% | ||
| Knicks Wins | <1% | <1% | 1% | 5% | 22% | 24% | 19% | 15% | 11% | 4% | <1% | ||
| Bulls (26‑38) vs Warriors (32‑32) |
1 | Bulls Wins | <1% | <1% | 1% | 5% | 22% | 23% | 19% | 16% | 11% | 4% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | 1% | 5% | 22% | 24% | 18% | 15% | 11% | 5% | <1% | ||
| Warriors Wins | <1% | <1% | 1% | 5% | 22% | 23% | 18% | 15% | 11% | 5% | <1% | ||
| Celtics (43‑21) vs Spurs (47‑17) |
0 | Celtics Wins | <1% | <1% | 1% | 5% | 23% | 22% | 19% | 15% | 11% | 4% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | 1% | 5% | 22% | 24% | 18% | 15% | 11% | 5% | <1% | ||
| Spurs Wins | <1% | <1% | 1% | 5% | 22% | 23% | 19% | 15% | 11% | 4% | <1% | ||
| Kings (15‑50) vs Pacers (15‑49) |
0 | Kings Wins | <1% | <1% | 1% | 5% | 22% | 24% | 18% | 15% | 11% | 5% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | 1% | 5% | 22% | 24% | 18% | 15% | 11% | 5% | <1% | ||
| Pacers Wins | <1% | <1% | 1% | 5% | 22% | 24% | 18% | 15% | 11% | 5% | <1% | ||