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NBA In-Season Tournament - Week 3 of 4

Lakers What If?

The Lakers What If table presents qualifing probabilities depended upon how Lakers plays future games. These games include either the next game, all remaining games, or a set of games called Best/Worst Case Scenarios. Other unplayed future games are assumed won/lost with a probability based upon relative team strengths.

Lakers What If?

Next Game - Suns (1‑1)

  Resultant Record Qualifing Group Finish Elimination
  W L Pts 1*
Advancement to the
Knock-Out Round
2**
Possible advancement to
the Knock-Out Round
3
Win Next Game 3 0 3 63% 30% 7%
Current Standings 2 0 2 39% 33% 28%
Lose Next Game 2 1 2 20% 38% 41%


Best/Worst Case Scenarios

  Qualifing Group Finish Elimination
  1*
Advancement to the
Knock-Out Round
2**
Possible advancement to
the Knock-Out Round
3
Best Case Scenario 63% 37% ^
Current Standings 39% 33% 28%
Worst Case Scenario 20% 36% 43%
Best Case Scenario
   Jazz beats Spurs
   Lakers beats Suns
Worst Case Scenario
   Spurs beats Jazz
   Suns beats Lakers
  • Notes
  • Only games from the current week are considered for inclusion into the scenarios
  • Only those games that meaningfully affect the qualifing probabilities are included in the scenarios - maximum of three


Remaining Games

Remaining Games
Won
Winning Percentage of
Remaining Games
Resultant Record Qualifing Group Finish Elimination
W L Pts 1*
Advancement to the
Knock-Out Round
2**
Possible advancement to
the Knock-Out Round
3
2 of 2 100% 4 0 4 100% ^ ^
1 of 2 50% 3 1 3 28% 65% 6%
0 of 2 0% 2 2 2 <1% 13% 87%
  • Notes
  • ^ means the team will finish better than this qualifing spot
  • X means the team cannot win this qualifing spot
  • 50% - probability the team will win this qualifing spot - green number indicates the team controls its destiny for this spot
  • 50% - probability the team will win this qualifing spot - red number indicates the team does not control its destiny for this spot
  • Table Sorting Method
  • *  denotes advancement to the knock-out round
  • ** denotes possible advancement to the knock-out round