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Cavaliers What If?

The Cavaliers What If table presents playoff probabilities depended upon how the Cavaliers play future games. These games include either the next game or all remaining games. Other unplayed future games are assumed won/lost with a probability based upon relative team strengths.

Cavaliers What If?

Next Game - Raptors (3‑12)

  Resultant Record Conference Playoff Spots No Playoffs No POs
  W L 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
 8**
Play-in
 9**
Play-in
 10**
Play-in
 11
Win Next Game 17 1 57% 21% 9% 6% 3% 2% 1% <1% <1% <1% <1%
Current Standings 16 1 57% 21% 10% 6% 3% 2% 1% <1% <1% <1% <1%
Lose Next Game 16 2 53% 22% 10% 6% 4% 2% 1% 1% <1% <1% <1%


Best/Worst Case Scenarios

  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
 8**
Play-in
 9**
Play-in
 10**
Play-in
 11
Best Case Scenario 57% 22% 10% 5% 3% 2% 1% <1% <1% <1% <1%
Current Standings 57% 21% 10% 6% 3% 2% 1% <1% <1% <1% <1%
Worst Case Scenario 57% 21% 10% 5% 3% 2% 1% <1% <1% <1% <1%
Best Case Scenario
   Bulls beats Hawks
 Worst Case Scenario
   Hawks beats Bulls
  • Notes
  • Only games from the current week are considered for inclusion into the scenarios
  • Only those games that meaningfully affect the playoff probabilities are included in the scenarios - maximum of three


Remaining Games

Remaining Games
Won		 Winning Percentage of
Remaining Games		 Resultant Record Conference Playoff Spots No Playoffs No POs
W L 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
 8**
Play-in
 9**
Play-in
 10**
Play-in
 11
63 of 63 100% 79 1 100% ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
60 of 63 95% 76 4 >99% <1% ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
50 of 63 79% 66 14 98% 2% <1% <1% <1% <1% ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
48 of 63 76% 64 16 94% 6% <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% ^ ^ ^ ^
47 of 63 75% 63 17 90% 10% <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% ^ ^ ^
46 of 63 73% 62 18 87% 13% <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% ^ ^
45 of 63 71% 61 19 82% 18% <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% ^ ^
44 of 63 70% 60 20 76% 23% 1% <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% ^
43 of 63 68% 59 21 70% 29% 1% <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% ^
42 of 63 67% 58 22 65% 33% 2% <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% <1%
41 of 63 65% 57 23 56% 40% 4% <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% <1%
40 of 63 63% 56 24 49% 44% 6% <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% <1%
39 of 63 62% 55 25 40% 48% 11% 1% <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% <1%
38 of 63 60% 54 26 34% 49% 16% 2% <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% <1%
37 of 63 59% 53 27 25% 49% 21% 4% <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% <1%
36 of 63 57% 52 28 18% 46% 29% 7% 1% <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% <1%
35 of 63 56% 51 29 13% 40% 34% 12% 2% <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% <1%
34 of 63 54% 50 30 7% 33% 37% 18% 4% <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% <1%
33 of 63 52% 49 31 5% 24% 38% 25% 7% 1% <1% <1% <1% <1% <1%
32 of 63 51% 48 32 3% 17% 34% 30% 14% 3% <1% <1% <1% <1% <1%
31 of 63 49% 47 33 1% 11% 28% 33% 19% 6% 1% <1% <1% <1% <1%
30 of 63 48% 46 34 <1% 6% 21% 32% 26% 11% 2% <1% <1% <1% <1%
29 of 63 46% 45 35 <1% 3% 14% 29% 30% 17% 5% 1% <1% <1% <1%
28 of 63 44% 44 36 <1% 1% 9% 22% 32% 24% 10% 2% <1% <1% <1%
27 of 63 43% 43 37 <1% 1% 5% 16% 29% 29% 16% 5% 1% <1% <1%
26 of 63 41% 42 38 <1% <1% 2% 10% 24% 31% 22% 9% 2% <1% <1%
25 of 63 40% 41 39 <1% <1% 1% 6% 17% 28% 27% 15% 4% 1% <1%
24 of 63 38% 40 40 <1% <1% <1% 2% 11% 24% 30% 21% 9% 2% <1%
23 of 63 37% 39 41 <1% <1% <1% 1% 6% 18% 28% 26% 15% 4% 1%
22 of 63 35% 38 42 <1% <1% <1% <1% 3% 12% 25% 30% 20% 8% 2%
21 of 63 33% 37 43 <1% <1% <1% <1% 1% 7% 18% 29% 26% 14% 4%
20 of 63 32% 36 44 <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% 3% 12% 25% 30% 20% 9%
19 of 63 30% 35 45 <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% 1% 7% 18% 30% 27% 17%
18 of 63 29% 34 46 <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% 1% 3% 12% 26% 30% 30%
17 of 63 27% 33 47 <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% 1% 7% 19% 31% 42%
16 of 63 25% 32 48 <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% 1% 4% 12% 27% 57%
15 of 63 24% 31 49 <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% 1% 7% 20% 72%
14 of 63 22% 30 50 <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% 3% 14% 82%
13 of 63 21% 29 51 <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% 1% 7% 91%
10 of 63 16% 26 54 X <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% 1% 99%
0 of 63 0% 16 64 X X X X X X X X <1% <1% >99%
  • Notes
  • ^ means the team will finish better than this playoff spot
  • X means the team cannot win this playoff spot
  • 50% - probability the team will win this playoff spot - green number indicates the team controls its destiny for this spot
  • 50% - probability the team will win this playoff spot - red number indicates the team does not control its destiny for this spot
  • Table Sorting Method
  • *  denotes first round home field advantage in the playoffs
  • ** denotes Play-in Tournament Participant