NBA In-Season Tournament - Week 3 of 4

Mavericks Most Important Games

The Most Important Games for Mavericks 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. Mavericks fans can use this table to identify the most interesting games in the upcoming week of play.

Mavericks Most Important Games
Game	Importance Factor (0‑∼100)	Game Winner	Mavericks Resultant Probabilities
			Qualifing Group Finish		Elimination
			1^* Advancement to the Knock-Out Round	2^** Possible advancement to the Knock-Out Round	3

Pelicans (1‑2) vs Grizzlies (0‑2)	36	Pelicans Wins	X	100%	^
		Current Probabilities	X	71%	29%
		Grizzlies Wins	X	64%	36%

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
* denotes advancement to the knock-out round
** denotes possible advancement to the knock-out round