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 (8‑10) |
Spurs (11‑5) |
57 |
| Warriors (10‑9) |
Rockets (11‑4) |
54 |
| Pelicans (3‑15) |
Grizzlies (6‑12) |
44 |
| Thunder (17‑1) |
Timberwolves (10‑7) |
44 |
| Kings (5‑13) |
Suns (11‑7) |
43 |
| Lakers (13‑4) |
Mavericks (5‑14) |
32 |