The Most Important Games for the Pacers are those games in the upcoming week whose outcome most changes the Pacers final playoff standings. The Importance Factor provides a relative importance between games. Pacers fans can use this table to identify the most interesting games in the upcoming week of play.
| Game | Importance Factor (0‑∼100) |
Game Winner |
Pacers 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 | |||
| Clippers (1‑6) vs Heat (2‑5) |
11 | Clippers Wins | 1% | 4% | 5% | 6% | 7% | 7% | 7% | 7% | 7% | 7% | 40% |
| Current Probabilities | 2% | 4% | 5% | 6% | 7% | 6% | 7% | 7% | 7% | 7% | 42% | ||
| Heat Wins | 1% | 4% | 5% | 6% | 6% | 7% | 7% | 7% | 7% | 7% | 42% | ||
| Suns (1‑5) vs Magic (2‑5) |
2 | Suns Wins | 2% | 4% | 5% | 6% | 7% | 7% | 7% | 7% | 7% | 7% | 42% |
| Current Probabilities | 2% | 4% | 5% | 6% | 7% | 6% | 7% | 7% | 7% | 7% | 42% | ||
| Magic Wins | 1% | 4% | 5% | 7% | 7% | 7% | 7% | 7% | 7% | 7% | 42% | ||