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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| Rockets (41‑25) |
Mavericks (33‑34) |
75 |
| Nuggets (42‑24) |
Lakers (40‑24) |
58 |
| Warriors (38‑28) |
Knicks (42‑23) |
52 |
| Timberwolves (38‑29) |
Magic (31‑36) |
45 |
| Suns (30‑36) |
Kings (33‑32) |
43 |
| Hawks (32‑34) |
Clippers (36‑30) |
43 |
| Grizzlies (42‑24) |
Cavaliers (55‑10) |
43 |
| Spurs (27‑37) |
Hornets (16‑49) |
8 |
| Pistons (37‑30) |
Thunder (54‑12) |
2 |
| Jazz (15‑51) |
Raptors (23‑43) |
1 |