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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| Suns (15‑13) |
Lakers (19‑8) |
51 |
| Thunder (25‑3) |
Grizzlies (13‑15) |
44 |
| Trail Blazers (12‑16) |
Pistons (22‑6) |
39 |
| Warriors (14‑15) |
Magic (16‑12) |
36 |
| Wizards (5‑21) |
Spurs (20‑7) |
36 |
| Timberwolves (18‑10) |
Bucks (11‑17) |
36 |
| Nuggets (20‑7) |
Jazz (10‑17) |
32 |
| Pelicans (7‑22) |
Mavericks (11‑18) |
31 |
| Kings (6‑22) |
Rockets (17‑8) |
30 |