The Most Important Games for the Suns are those games in the upcoming week whose outcome most changes the Suns final playoff standings. The Importance Factor provides a relative importance between games. Suns fans can use this table to identify the most interesting games in the upcoming week of play.
| Game | Importance Factor (0‑∼100) |
Game Winner |
Suns 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 | |||
| Mavericks (10‑16) vs Jazz (9‑15) |
6 | Mavericks Wins | <1% | 1% | 4% | 7% | 11% | 14% | 16% | 14% | 12% | 10% | 11% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | 1% | 3% | 7% | 11% | 14% | 15% | 15% | 12% | 10% | 12% | ||
| Jazz Wins | <1% | 1% | 3% | 7% | 11% | 14% | 15% | 15% | 13% | 10% | 12% | ||
| Nuggets (18‑6) vs Rockets (16‑6) |
3 | Nuggets Wins | <1% | 1% | 3% | 7% | 11% | 14% | 16% | 14% | 12% | 9% | 12% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | 1% | 3% | 7% | 11% | 14% | 15% | 15% | 12% | 10% | 12% | ||
| Rockets Wins | <1% | 1% | 3% | 7% | 11% | 14% | 16% | 14% | 12% | 10% | 12% | ||
| Clippers (6‑19) vs Grizzlies (11‑14) |
2 | Clippers Wins | <1% | 1% | 4% | 7% | 11% | 14% | 16% | 14% | 13% | 10% | 11% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | 1% | 3% | 7% | 11% | 14% | 15% | 15% | 12% | 10% | 12% | ||
| Grizzlies Wins | <1% | 1% | 3% | 7% | 11% | 13% | 16% | 14% | 13% | 10% | 11% | ||