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) |
|
|---|---|---|
| Home | Visitor | |
| Lakers (6‑2) |
Spurs (5‑1) |
61 |
| Grizzlies (3‑5) |
Rockets (4‑2) |
58 |
| Warriors (4‑3) |
Suns (3‑4) |
54 |
| Clippers (3‑3) |
Thunder (7‑0) |
49 |
| Nuggets (4‑2) |
Heat (4‑3) |
43 |
| Pistons (5‑2) |
Jazz (3‑4) |
39 |
| Pelicans (0‑6) |
Hornets (3‑4) |
36 |
| Knicks (4‑3) |
Timberwolves (4‑3) |
32 |