The Most Important Games for the Nuggets are those games in the upcoming week whose outcome most changes the Nuggets final playoff standings. The Importance Factor provides a relative importance between games. Nuggets fans can use this table to identify the most interesting games in the upcoming week of play.
| Game | Importance Factor (0‑∼100) |
Game Winner |
Nuggets Resultant Playoff Probabilities | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conference Playoff Spots | No Playoffs No POs | ||||||||||||
| 1* First Round Home Field Advantage |
2* First Round Home Field Advantage |
3* First Round Home Field Advantage |
4* First Round Home Field Advantage |
5 | 6 | 7** Play-in |
8** Play-in |
9** Play-in |
10** Play-in |
11 | |||
| Nuggets (35‑19) vs Trail Blazers (23‑31) |
29 | Nuggets Wins | <1% | 25% | 26% | 23% | 17% | 6% | 2% | 1% | <1% | <1% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | 23% | 25% | 23% | 18% | 7% | 3% | 1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Trail Blazers Wins | <1% | 17% | 22% | 25% | 21% | 10% | 4% | 1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Suns (26‑26) vs Grizzlies (35‑17) |
6 | Suns Wins | <1% | 24% | 24% | 23% | 17% | 7% | 2% | 1% | <1% | <1% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | 23% | 25% | 23% | 18% | 7% | 3% | 1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Grizzlies Wins | <1% | 21% | 24% | 25% | 19% | 7% | 3% | 1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Jazz (12‑40) vs Lakers (32‑19) |
6 | Jazz Wins | <1% | 23% | 25% | 24% | 16% | 7% | 3% | 1% | <1% | <1% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | 23% | 25% | 23% | 18% | 7% | 3% | 1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Lakers Wins | <1% | 22% | 24% | 24% | 19% | 8% | 3% | 1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Bucks (28‑24) vs TimberwolvesT. Wolves (30‑24) |
3 | Bucks Wins | <1% | 23% | 25% | 24% | 18% | 6% | 3% | 1% | <1% | <1% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | 23% | 25% | 23% | 18% | 7% | 3% | 1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | ||
| TimberwolvesT. Wolves Wins | <1% | 22% | 25% | 23% | 17% | 8% | 3% | 1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Thunder (43‑9) vs Heat (25‑26) |
2 | Thunder Wins | <1% | 23% | 24% | 24% | 18% | 7% | 3% | 1% | <1% | <1% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | 23% | 25% | 23% | 18% | 7% | 3% | 1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Heat Wins | <1% | 22% | 24% | 24% | 18% | 8% | 3% | 1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Spurs (23‑28) vs Celtics (38‑16) |
1 | Spurs Wins | <1% | 23% | 24% | 23% | 18% | 7% | 3% | 1% | <1% | <1% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | 23% | 25% | 23% | 18% | 7% | 3% | 1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Celtics Wins | <1% | 22% | 25% | 24% | 17% | 7% | 3% | 1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Mavericks (28‑26) vs Warriors (27‑26) |
0 | Mavericks Wins | <1% | 23% | 24% | 23% | 18% | 8% | 2% | 1% | <1% | <1% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | 23% | 25% | 23% | 18% | 7% | 3% | 1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Warriors Wins | <1% | 23% | 24% | 24% | 18% | 7% | 3% | 1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Pelicans (12‑41) vs Kings (27‑26) |
0 | Pelicans Wins | <1% | 23% | 24% | 23% | 18% | 8% | 3% | 1% | <1% | <1% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | 23% | 25% | 23% | 18% | 7% | 3% | 1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Kings Wins | <1% | 23% | 24% | 24% | 18% | 7% | 3% | 1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | ||