The Most Important Games for a conference are those games in the upcoming week whose outcome most changes the final playoff picture. The Importance Factor provides a relative importance between games. Use this table to identify the most interesting Western conference games in the upcoming week of play. Click a team name to proceed to the team playoff picture page.
| Game | Importance Factor (0‑∼100) |
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|---|---|---|
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| Warriors (21‑18) |
Hawks (19‑21) |
50 |
| Trail Blazers (19‑20) |
Knicks (24‑14) |
45 |
| Suns (23‑15) |
Wizards (10‑27) |
42 |
| Cavaliers (21‑18) |
Timberwolves (25‑13) |
40 |
| Kings (8‑30) |
Rockets (22‑13) |
38 |
| Nuggets (25‑13) |
Bucks (17‑21) |
38 |
| Celtics (24‑13) |
Spurs (26‑11) |
33 |
| Grizzlies (16‑22) |
Nets (11‑24) |
30 |
| Pistons (28‑9) |
Clippers (14‑23) |
29 |
| Magic (21‑18) |
Pelicans (9‑31) |
15 |
| Jazz (13‑24) |
Hornets (13‑25) |
14 |
| Bulls (17‑20) |
Mavericks (14‑24) |
14 |