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 | |
| Trail Blazers (0‑0) |
Suns (0‑0) |
58 |
| Thunder (1‑0) |
Nuggets (0‑0) |
49 |
| Lakers (0‑0) |
Warriors (0‑0) |
48 |
| Jazz (0‑1) |
Pelicans (0‑1) |
48 |
| Rockets (0‑0) |
Mavericks (0‑0) |
38 |
| Clippers (0‑0) |
Kings (0‑0) |
38 |
| Magic (0‑1) |
Timberwolves (1‑0) |
30 |