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) |
107 | Magic Wins | X | X | X | <1% | 1% | 5% | 17% | 34% | 22% | 20% | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | <1% | 1% | 4% | 13% | 29% | 23% | 30% | ^ | ||
| Suns Wins | X | X | X | X | <1% | 1% | 8% | 25% | 24% | 42% | ^ | ||
| Celtics (50‑25) vs Heat (40‑36) |
45 | Celtics Wins | X | X | X | <1% | 1% | 4% | 14% | 35% | 21% | 26% | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | <1% | 1% | 4% | 13% | 29% | 23% | 30% | ^ | ||
| Heat Wins | X | X | X | <1% | 1% | 4% | 13% | 24% | 23% | 35% | ^ | ||
| Nets (18‑57) vs Hornets (39‑36) |
24 | Nets Wins | X | X | X | <1% | 1% | 3% | 14% | 33% | 25% | 24% | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | <1% | 1% | 4% | 13% | 29% | 23% | 30% | ^ | ||
| Hornets Wins | X | X | X | <1% | 1% | 4% | 13% | 28% | 21% | 33% | ^ | ||
| Wizards (17‑58) vs Sixers (41‑34) |
18 | Wizards Wins | X | X | X | <1% | 1% | 5% | 18% | 25% | 21% | 29% | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | <1% | 1% | 4% | 13% | 29% | 23% | 30% | ^ | ||
| Sixers Wins | X | X | X | <1% | 1% | 3% | 11% | 31% | 23% | 31% | ^ | ||
| Pistons (54‑21) vs Raptors (42‑32) |
7 | Pistons Wins | X | X | X | <1% | 1% | 4% | 14% | 30% | 22% | 30% | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | <1% | 1% | 4% | 13% | 29% | 23% | 30% | ^ | ||
| Raptors Wins | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | 3% | 13% | 30% | 23% | 30% | ^ | ||
| Lakers (49‑26) vs Cavaliers (47‑28) |
4 | Lakers Wins | X | X | X | <1% | 1% | 4% | 14% | 30% | 22% | 29% | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | <1% | 1% | 4% | 13% | 29% | 23% | 30% | ^ | ||
| Cavaliers Wins | X | X | X | X | 1% | 4% | 13% | 29% | 22% | 30% | ^ | ||
| Bucks (29‑45) vs Mavericks (24‑51) |
0 | Bucks Wins | X | X | X | <1% | 1% | 4% | 13% | 29% | 23% | 30% | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | <1% | 1% | 4% | 13% | 29% | 23% | 30% | ^ | ||
| Mavericks Wins | X | X | X | <1% | 1% | 4% | 13% | 29% | 23% | 30% | ^ | ||
| Rockets (45‑29) vs Knicks (48‑27) |
0 | Rockets Wins | X | X | X | <1% | 1% | 4% | 13% | 29% | 23% | 30% | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | <1% | 1% | 4% | 13% | 29% | 23% | 30% | ^ | ||
| Knicks Wins | X | X | X | <1% | 1% | 4% | 13% | 29% | 23% | 30% | ^ | ||
| Bulls (29‑46) vs Pacers (17‑58) |
0 | Bulls Wins | X | X | X | <1% | 1% | 4% | 13% | 29% | 23% | 30% | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | <1% | 1% | 4% | 13% | 29% | 23% | 30% | ^ | ||
| Pacers Wins | X | X | X | <1% | 1% | 4% | 13% | 29% | 23% | 30% | ^ | ||