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 | |||
| Bulls (25‑36) vs Thunder (47‑15) |
0 | Bulls Wins | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | >99% |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Thunder Wins | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Sixers (33‑27) vs Spurs (43‑17) |
0 | Sixers Wins | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | >99% |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Spurs Wins | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Celtics (41‑20) vs Hornets (31‑31) |
0 | Celtics Wins | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | >99% |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Hornets Wins | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Bucks (26‑34) vs Hawks (31‑31) |
0 | Bucks Wins | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | >99% |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Hawks Wins | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Pacers (15‑46) vs Clippers (29‑31) |
0 | Pacers Wins | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | >99% |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Clippers Wins | X | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||