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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| Trail Blazers (23‑27) |
Suns (30‑20) |
57 |
| Grizzlies (18‑29) |
Timberwolves (31‑19) |
45 |
| Nets (13‑35) |
Lakers (29‑19) |
44 |
| Pacers (13‑36) |
Rockets (30‑17) |
39 |
| Clippers (23‑25) |
Sixers (27‑21) |
38 |
| Pistons (36‑12) |
Nuggets (33‑17) |
32 |
| Thunder (39‑11) |
Magic (25‑23) |
9 |
| Mavericks (19‑30) |
Celtics (31‑18) |
6 |