NBA In-Season Tournament - Week 5 of 5

Pelicans Most Important Games

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

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

Clippers (2‑1) vs Grizzlies (2‑1)	0	Clippers Wins	X	X	100%
		Current Probabilities	X	X	100%
		Grizzlies Wins	X	X	100%

Lakers (3‑0) vs Mavericks (1‑2)	0	Lakers Wins	X	X	100%
		Current Probabilities	X	X	100%
		Mavericks Wins	X	X	100%

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