The Most Important Games for the Hawks are those games in the upcoming week whose outcome most changes the Hawks final playoff standings. The Importance Factor provides a relative importance between games. Hawks fans can use this table to identify the most interesting games in the upcoming week of play.
| Game | Importance Factor (0‑∼100) |
Game Winner |
Hawks 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 | |||
| Trail Blazers (29‑31) vs Hornets (29‑31) |
18 | Trail Blazers Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 6% | 11% | 18% | 26% | 22% | 14% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 5% | 11% | 17% | 25% | 25% | 15% | ||
| Hornets Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 5% | 10% | 17% | 25% | 25% | 16% | ||
| Rockets (37‑21) vs Heat (31‑29) |
15 | Rockets Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 2% | 5% | 11% | 18% | 25% | 24% | 15% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 5% | 11% | 17% | 25% | 25% | 15% | ||
| Heat Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 2% | 5% | 10% | 16% | 27% | 25% | 16% | ||
| Pistons (44‑14) vs Magic (31‑27) |
12 | Pistons Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 6% | 11% | 17% | 25% | 24% | 15% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 5% | 11% | 17% | 25% | 25% | 15% | ||
| Magic Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 5% | 10% | 17% | 27% | 25% | 15% | ||
| Bulls (24‑36) vs Bucks (26‑32) |
9 | Bulls Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 5% | 11% | 18% | 26% | 25% | 13% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 5% | 11% | 17% | 25% | 25% | 15% | ||
| Bucks Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 2% | 5% | 11% | 17% | 25% | 24% | 17% | ||
| Celtics (39‑20) vs Sixers (33‑26) |
8 | Celtics Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 6% | 11% | 17% | 25% | 24% | 16% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 5% | 11% | 17% | 25% | 25% | 15% | ||
| Sixers Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 4% | 10% | 18% | 26% | 25% | 15% | ||
| Grizzlies (22‑36) vs Pacers (15‑45) |
3 | Grizzlies Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 2% | 5% | 10% | 18% | 26% | 24% | 15% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 5% | 11% | 17% | 25% | 25% | 15% | ||
| Pacers Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 2% | 5% | 11% | 17% | 27% | 24% | 15% | ||
| Wizards (16‑42) vs Raptors (34‑25) |
3 | Wizards Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 2% | 5% | 10% | 17% | 25% | 24% | 16% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 5% | 11% | 17% | 25% | 25% | 15% | ||
| Raptors Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 5% | 11% | 17% | 25% | 25% | 15% | ||
| Spurs (43‑16) vs Knicks (38‑22) |
1 | Spurs Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 2% | 5% | 11% | 17% | 25% | 25% | 15% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 5% | 11% | 17% | 25% | 25% | 15% | ||
| Knicks Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 2% | 5% | 10% | 17% | 26% | 25% | 15% | ||
| Cavaliers (37‑24) vs Nets (15‑44) |
0 | Cavaliers Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 2% | 6% | 10% | 18% | 25% | 24% | 16% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 5% | 11% | 17% | 25% | 25% | 15% | ||
| Nets Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 2% | 5% | 10% | 17% | 26% | 24% | 16% | ||