The Most Important Games for Magic are those games in the upcoming week whose outcome most changes the team's qualifing probabilities. The Importance Factor provides a relative importance between games. Magic fans can use this table to identify the most interesting games in the upcoming week of play.
| Game | Importance Factor (0‑∼100) |
Game Winner |
Magic Resultant Probabilities | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qualifing Group Finish | Elimination | ||||
| 1* Advancement to the Knock-Out Round |
2** Possible advancement to the Knock-Out Round |
3 | |||
| Magic (2‑0) vs Nets (1‑2) |
53 | Magic Wins | 42% | 58% | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | 42% | 27% | 31% | ||
| Nets Wins | 42% | 5% | 53% | ||
| Knicks (2‑0) vs Hornets (0‑2) |
0 | Knicks Wins | 42% | 27% | 31% |
| Current Probabilities | 42% | 27% | 31% | ||
| Hornets Wins | 42% | 28% | 31% | ||