The Most Important Games for the Hornets are those games in the upcoming week whose outcome most changes the Hornets final playoff standings. The Importance Factor provides a relative importance between games. Hornets fans can use this table to identify the most interesting games in the upcoming week of play.
| Game | Importance Factor (0‑∼100) |
Game Winner |
Hornets 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 | |||
| Hornets (43‑37) vs Pistons (58‑22) |
171 | Hornets Wins | X | X | X | X | 2% | 6% | 8% | 33% | 44% | 7% | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | X | 1% | 2% | 4% | 19% | 46% | 27% | ^ | ||
| Pistons Wins | X | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | 8% | 48% | 43% | ^ | ||
| Raptors (44‑35) vs Heat (41‑38) |
36 | Raptors Wins | X | X | X | X | <1% | 3% | 5% | 22% | 54% | 16% | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | X | 1% | 2% | 4% | 19% | 46% | 27% | ^ | ||
| Heat Wins | X | X | X | X | 2% | 3% | 4% | 14% | 30% | 48% | ^ | ||
| Rockets (50‑29) vs Sixers (43‑36) |
16 | Rockets Wins | X | X | X | X | 1% | 3% | 4% | 19% | 46% | 28% | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | X | 1% | 2% | 4% | 19% | 46% | 27% | ^ | ||
| Sixers Wins | X | X | X | X | <1% | 2% | 3% | 19% | 48% | 28% | ^ | ||
| Cavaliers (51‑29) vs Hawks (45‑35) |
15 | Cavaliers Wins | X | X | X | X | 2% | 4% | 4% | 17% | 46% | 27% | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | X | 1% | 2% | 4% | 19% | 46% | 27% | ^ | ||
| Hawks Wins | X | X | X | X | X | 1% | 4% | 20% | 47% | 27% | ^ | ||
| Wizards (17‑62) vs Bulls (30‑49) |
0 | Wizards Wins | X | X | X | X | 1% | 2% | 4% | 19% | 46% | 27% | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | X | 1% | 2% | 4% | 19% | 46% | 27% | ^ | ||
| Bulls Wins | X | X | X | X | 1% | 2% | 4% | 19% | 46% | 27% | ^ | ||
| Knicks (51‑28) vs Celtics (54‑25) |
0 | Knicks Wins | X | X | X | X | 1% | 2% | 4% | 19% | 46% | 27% | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | X | 1% | 2% | 4% | 19% | 46% | 27% | ^ | ||
| Celtics Wins | X | X | X | X | 1% | 2% | 4% | 19% | 46% | 27% | ^ | ||
| Nets (20‑59) vs Pacers (18‑61) |
0 | Nets Wins | X | X | X | X | 1% | 2% | 4% | 19% | 46% | 27% | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | X | 1% | 2% | 4% | 19% | 46% | 27% | ^ | ||
| Pacers Wins | X | X | X | X | 1% | 2% | 4% | 19% | 46% | 27% | ^ | ||