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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|---|---|---|
| Home | Visitor | |
| Warriors (36‑41) |
Rockets (48‑29) |
35 |
| Nuggets (49‑28) |
Spurs (59‑18) |
34 |
| Thunder (61‑16) |
Jazz (21‑57) |
9 |
| Bulls (29‑48) |
Suns (42‑35) |
9 |
| Mavericks (24‑53) |
Lakers (50‑27) |
8 |
| Timberwolves (46‑31) |
Hornets (42‑36) |
8 |
| Kings (20‑57) |
Pelicans (25‑52) |
0 |
| Bucks (30‑47) |
Grizzlies (25‑52) |
0 |