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 | |
| Suns (14‑12) |
Warriors (13‑14) |
53 |
| Timberwolves (17‑9) |
Grizzlies (12‑14) |
49 |
| Trail Blazers (10‑16) |
Kings (6‑20) |
41 |
| Jazz (10‑15) |
Lakers (18‑7) |
41 |
| Spurs (18‑7) |
Wizards (4‑20) |
31 |
| Mavericks (10‑17) |
Pistons (21‑5) |
27 |
| Pelicans (5‑22) |
Rockets (16‑7) |
27 |
| Thunder (24‑2) |
Clippers (6‑20) |
26 |
| Nuggets (19‑6) |
Magic (15‑11) |
24 |