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 (40‑36) vs Mavericks (24‑52) |
103 | Magic Wins | X | X | X | X | <1% | 3% | 12% | 40% | 25% | 20% | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | X | <1% | 2% | 9% | 34% | 25% | 29% | ^ | ||
| Mavericks Wins | X | X | X | X | <1% | 1% | 4% | 25% | 25% | 44% | ^ | ||
| Suns (42‑34) vs Hornets (40‑36) |
53 | Suns Wins | X | X | X | X | <1% | 2% | 9% | 42% | 22% | 24% | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | X | <1% | 2% | 9% | 34% | 25% | 29% | ^ | ||
| Hornets Wins | X | X | X | X | <1% | 2% | 8% | 28% | 29% | 33% | ^ | ||
| Grizzlies (25‑51) vs Raptors (42‑34) |
6 | Grizzlies Wins | X | X | X | X | <1% | 3% | 10% | 32% | 26% | 29% | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | X | <1% | 2% | 9% | 34% | 25% | 29% | ^ | ||
| Raptors Wins | X | X | X | X | <1% | 1% | 8% | 35% | 26% | 30% | ^ | ||
| Nets (18‑58) vs Hawks (44‑33) |
2 | Nets Wins | X | X | X | X | <1% | 2% | 9% | 34% | 26% | 29% | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | X | <1% | 2% | 9% | 34% | 25% | 29% | ^ | ||
| Hawks Wins | X | X | X | X | <1% | 1% | 9% | 35% | 25% | 30% | ^ | ||
| Pistons (55‑21) vs TimberwolvesT. Wolves (46‑29) |
0 | Pistons Wins | X | X | X | X | <1% | 2% | 9% | 34% | 25% | 29% | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | X | <1% | 2% | 9% | 34% | 25% | 29% | ^ | ||
| TimberwolvesT. Wolves Wins | X | X | X | X | <1% | 2% | 9% | 34% | 25% | 29% | ^ | ||
| Warriors (36‑40) vs Cavaliers (47‑29) |
0 | Warriors Wins | X | X | X | X | <1% | 2% | 9% | 34% | 25% | 29% | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | X | <1% | 2% | 9% | 34% | 25% | 29% | ^ | ||
| Cavaliers Wins | X | X | X | X | <1% | 2% | 9% | 34% | 25% | 29% | ^ | ||
| Knicks (49‑28) vs Bulls (29‑47) |
0 | Knicks Wins | X | X | X | X | <1% | 2% | 9% | 34% | 25% | 29% | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | X | <1% | 2% | 9% | 34% | 25% | 29% | ^ | ||
| Bulls Wins | X | X | X | X | <1% | 2% | 9% | 34% | 25% | 29% | ^ | ||
| Bucks (30‑46) vs Celtics (51‑25) |
0 | Bucks Wins | X | X | X | X | <1% | 2% | 9% | 34% | 25% | 29% | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | X | <1% | 2% | 9% | 34% | 25% | 29% | ^ | ||
| Celtics Wins | X | X | X | X | <1% | 2% | 9% | 34% | 25% | 29% | ^ | ||