The Most Important Games for the Magic are those games in the upcoming week whose outcome most changes the Magic final playoff standings. 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 Playoff Probabilities | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 Tournament Participant |
8** Play-in Tournament Participant |
9** Play-in Tournament Participant |
10** Play-in Tournament Participant |
11 | |||
| Magic (23‑18) vs Grizzlies (17‑23) |
48 | Magic Wins | 1% | 9% | 16% | 15% | 13% | 13% | 12% | 9% | 7% | 4% | 1% |
| Current Probabilities | 1% | 7% | 15% | 14% | 13% | 13% | 12% | 11% | 8% | 4% | 2% | ||
| Grizzlies Wins | 1% | 6% | 13% | 14% | 13% | 13% | 12% | 11% | 9% | 5% | 2% | ||
| Nets (12‑27) vs Bulls (19‑22) |
6 | Nets Wins | 1% | 7% | 15% | 14% | 13% | 13% | 12% | 11% | 8% | 4% | 2% |
| Current Probabilities | 1% | 7% | 15% | 14% | 13% | 13% | 12% | 11% | 8% | 4% | 2% | ||
| Bulls Wins | 1% | 7% | 14% | 14% | 13% | 13% | 12% | 10% | 8% | 4% | 2% | ||
| Wizards (10‑30) vs Nuggets (28‑13) |
5 | Wizards Wins | 1% | 7% | 15% | 14% | 13% | 13% | 12% | 11% | 8% | 4% | 2% |
| Current Probabilities | 1% | 7% | 15% | 14% | 13% | 13% | 12% | 11% | 8% | 4% | 2% | ||
| Nuggets Wins | 1% | 7% | 15% | 13% | 14% | 13% | 12% | 11% | 8% | 5% | 2% | ||