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Celtics What If?

The Celtics What If table presents playoff probabilities depended upon how the Celtics 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.

Celtics What If?

Next Game - Wizards (2‑11)

  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 13 3 28% 27% 14% 10% 7% 6% 4% 2% 2% 1% <1%
Current Standings 12 3 27% 27% 13% 9% 7% 6% 4% 3% 2% 1% 1%
Lose Next Game 12 4 25% 26% 13% 10% 8% 6% 5% 3% 2% 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 28% 27% 13% 9% 7% 6% 4% 3% 1% 1% <1%
Current Standings 27% 27% 13% 9% 7% 6% 4% 3% 2% 1% 1%
Worst Case Scenario 25% 27% 13% 10% 8% 6% 4% 3% 2% 1% 1%
Best Case Scenario
   Sixers beats Nets
   Celtics beats Wizards
 Worst Case Scenario
   Nets beats Sixers
   Wizards beats Celtics
  • 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
65 of 65 100% 77 3 100% ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
60 of 65 92% 72 8 >99% <1% <1% ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
56 of 65 86% 68 12 95% 5% <1% <1% <1% ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
55 of 65 85% 67 13 92% 8% <1% <1% <1% <1% ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
54 of 65 83% 66 14 89% 11% <1% <1% <1% <1% ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
53 of 65 82% 65 15 84% 16% <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% ^ ^ ^ ^
52 of 65 80% 64 16 81% 19% <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% ^ ^ ^ ^
51 of 65 78% 63 17 75% 25% <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% ^ ^ ^
50 of 65 77% 62 18 70% 30% <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% ^ ^
49 of 65 75% 61 19 65% 34% <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% ^ ^
48 of 65 74% 60 20 59% 40% 1% <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% ^
47 of 65 72% 59 21 55% 44% 2% <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% ^
46 of 65 71% 58 22 47% 49% 3% <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% <1%
45 of 65 69% 57 23 41% 53% 6% <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% <1%
44 of 65 68% 56 24 34% 56% 10% <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% <1%
43 of 65 66% 55 25 28% 57% 14% 1% <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% <1%
42 of 65 65% 54 26 22% 56% 20% 2% <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% <1%
41 of 65 63% 53 27 17% 52% 26% 5% <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% <1%
40 of 65 62% 52 28 11% 47% 33% 8% 1% <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% <1%
39 of 65 60% 51 29 7% 39% 38% 14% 2% <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% <1%
38 of 65 58% 50 30 4% 30% 41% 19% 5% 1% <1% <1% <1% <1% <1%
37 of 65 57% 49 31 2% 22% 39% 27% 9% 1% <1% <1% <1% <1% <1%
36 of 65 55% 48 32 1% 14% 34% 33% 15% 3% <1% <1% <1% <1% <1%
35 of 65 54% 47 33 <1% 8% 28% 34% 22% 7% 1% <1% <1% <1% <1%
34 of 65 52% 46 34 <1% 5% 20% 33% 26% 12% 3% <1% <1% <1% <1%
33 of 65 51% 45 35 <1% 3% 14% 29% 30% 18% 5% 1% <1% <1% <1%
32 of 65 49% 44 36 <1% 1% 8% 23% 32% 23% 10% 2% <1% <1% <1%
31 of 65 48% 43 37 <1% 1% 4% 16% 29% 29% 16% 5% 1% <1% <1%
30 of 65 46% 42 38 <1% <1% 2% 10% 23% 32% 22% 9% 2% <1% <1%
29 of 65 45% 41 39 <1% <1% 1% 6% 18% 29% 27% 14% 4% 1% <1%
28 of 65 43% 40 40 <1% <1% <1% 3% 12% 25% 30% 20% 8% 2% <1%
27 of 65 42% 39 41 <1% <1% <1% 2% 7% 19% 29% 26% 13% 4% 1%
26 of 65 40% 38 42 <1% <1% <1% 1% 3% 13% 26% 29% 20% 7% 1%
25 of 65 38% 37 43 <1% <1% <1% <1% 2% 7% 20% 30% 25% 12% 4%
24 of 65 37% 36 44 <1% <1% <1% <1% 1% 4% 14% 26% 29% 19% 8%
23 of 65 35% 35 45 <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% 2% 8% 20% 31% 24% 15%
22 of 65 34% 34 46 <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% 1% 4% 14% 26% 30% 25%
21 of 65 32% 33 47 <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% 2% 9% 21% 29% 39%
20 of 65 31% 32 48 <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% 1% 4% 14% 28% 53%
19 of 65 29% 31 49 <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% 2% 9% 22% 67%
18 of 65 28% 30 50 <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% 1% 5% 16% 79%
17 of 65 26% 29 51 <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% 2% 10% 88%
16 of 65 25% 28 52 <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% 1% 4% 95%
10 of 65 15% 22 58 X X X <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% >99%
0 of 65 0% 12 68 X X X X X X X X X X 100%
  • 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