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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| Clippers (36‑36) |
Raptors (40‑31) |
64 |
| Trail Blazers (36‑37) |
Bucks (29‑42) |
59 |
| Timberwolves (44‑28) |
Rockets (43‑28) |
44 |
| Nuggets (45‑28) |
Mavericks (23‑49) |
32 |
| Warriors (34‑38) |
Nets (17‑55) |
24 |
| Pacers (16‑56) |
Lakers (46‑26) |
13 |
| Grizzlies (24‑47) |
Spurs (54‑18) |
5 |
| Celtics (47‑24) |
Thunder (57‑15) |
5 |
| Jazz (21‑51) |
Wizards (16‑55) |
0 |
| Magic (38‑34) |
Kings (19‑54) |
0 |