The Most Important Games for the Lakers are those games in the upcoming week whose outcome most changes the Lakers final playoff standings. The Importance Factor provides a relative importance between games. Lakers fans can use this table to identify the most interesting games in the upcoming week of play.
| Game | Importance Factor (0‑∼100) |
Game Winner |
Lakers 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 | |||
| Lakers (43‑25) vs Rockets (41‑26) |
42 | Lakers Wins | <1% | <1% | 66% | 21% | 9% | 3% | 1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | 48% | 27% | 16% | 8% | 2% | <1% | <1% | <1% | ^ | ||
| Rockets Wins | <1% | <1% | 35% | 31% | 21% | 11% | 2% | <1% | <1% | <1% | ^ | ||
| Jazz (20‑48) vs TimberwolvesT. Wolves (42‑27) |
6 | Jazz Wins | <1% | <1% | 50% | 28% | 16% | 5% | 1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | 48% | 27% | 16% | 8% | 2% | <1% | <1% | <1% | ^ | ||
| TimberwolvesT. Wolves Wins | <1% | <1% | 47% | 28% | 16% | 8% | 2% | <1% | <1% | <1% | ^ | ||
| Grizzlies (23‑44) vs Knicks (45‑25) |
0 | Grizzlies Wins | <1% | <1% | 48% | 27% | 16% | 8% | 2% | <1% | <1% | <1% | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | 48% | 27% | 16% | 8% | 2% | <1% | <1% | <1% | ^ | ||
| Knicks Wins | <1% | <1% | 48% | 27% | 16% | 8% | 2% | <1% | <1% | <1% | ^ | ||
| Mavericks (23‑46) vs Hawks (37‑31) |
0 | Mavericks Wins | <1% | <1% | 48% | 27% | 16% | 8% | 2% | <1% | <1% | <1% | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | 48% | 27% | 16% | 8% | 2% | <1% | <1% | <1% | ^ | ||
| Hawks Wins | <1% | <1% | 48% | 27% | 16% | 8% | 2% | <1% | <1% | <1% | ^ | ||