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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| Suns (1‑2) |
Nuggets (2‑2) |
55 |
| Mavericks (3‑2) |
Rockets (5‑0) |
48 |
| Trail Blazers (3‑0) |
Grizzlies (4‑0) |
48 |
| Timberwolves (3‑2) |
Clippers (1‑3) |
45 |
| Warriors (2‑3) |
Lakers (4‑1) |
42 |
| Pelicans (1‑4) |
Hawks (3‑3) |
35 |