It's time for the NBA Math player power rankings heading into games on Jan. 4! 

As always, these are based solely on our Rolling Player Ratings, which are determined by performance over a player's last 10 appearances: 

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Only the last 10 games matter, and players must have played in the last week to maintain eligibility.
25. Anthony Davis, Los Angeles Lakers: 18.26

24. Jayson Tatum, Boston Celtics: 18.35

23. Damian Lillard, Portland Trail Blazers: 18.39

22. Collin Sexton, Cleveland Cavaliers: 18.77

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21. Paul George, Los Angeles Clippers: 18.77

20. Giannis Antetokounmpo, Milwaukee Bucks: 18.84

19. DeMar DeRozan, San Antonio Spurs: 18.89

18. Malcolm Brogdon, Indiana Pacers: 19.04

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17. Domantas Sabonis, Indiana Pacers: 19.13

16. Nikola Vucevic, Orlando Magic: 19.46

15. Trae Young, Atlanta Hawks: 19.33

14. Jamal Murray, Denver Nuggets: 19.64

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13. Kawhi Leonard, Los Angeles Clippers: 20.0

12. Jaylen Brown, Boston Celtics: 20.21

11. Joel Embiid, Philadelphia 76ers: 20.24

10. CJ McCollum, Portland Trail Blazers: 20.56

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9. Christian Wood, Houston Rockets: 20.8

8. Stephen Curry, Golden State Warriors: 21.28

7. Luka Doncic, Dallas Mavericks: 21.45

6. Kyrie Irving, Brooklyn Nets: 21.46

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No. 5 in the NBA Math player power rankings:

Bradley Beal, Washington Wizards: 21.92

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No. 4 in the NBA Math player power rankings:

LeBron James, Los Angeles Lakers: 22.45

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No. 3 in the NBA Math player power rankings:

Jimmy Butler, Miami Heat: 22.48

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No. 2 in the NBA Math player power rankings:

Nikola Jokic, Denver Nuggets: 23.09

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No. 1 in the NBA Math player power rankings:

James Harden, Houston Rockets: 25.51

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#swfc are finally back in league action tonight 8pm GMT away to Coventry #pusb

A relegation six pointer to kick off our second half of the season with 7 points separating us in 23rd and them in 16th.

A look of our numbers and theirs below and what they can tell us.

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I looked at the survival prognosis for teams in our position yesterday (
https://t.co/rmVT8b5sFl).

Thankfully a prognosis is not a prediction, but it does bear out just how important tonight's game is.


Can we quantify match importance then?

Well, @FiveThirtyEight have given it a right good go and how they've done it is explained here: https://t.co/ObjB079Fjw

Their match importance rating ranges from 0 to 100 for a team.

In a game with a high match importance vs. a team with low match importance, a team's likelihood of winning increases: All else being equal, if match importance is 100 for the home team and 0 for the away team, the home team's odds of winning drop from Evens (50%) to 8/11 (58%).

If we look at the combined match importance ratings for both teams, tonight's game ranks 14th of the 317 matches with match importance ratings. Pretty important then!

Of our matches only the win against Bournemouth had a higher combined match importance than tonight's match:

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