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 Tournament Participant |
8** Play-in Tournament Participant |
9** Play-in Tournament Participant |
10** Play-in Tournament Participant |
11 | |||
| Nuggets (33‑19) vs Bulls (24‑28) |
37 | Nuggets Wins | 2% | 9% | 21% | 21% | 19% | 15% | 10% | 4% | 1% | <1% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | 1% | 8% | 18% | 20% | 19% | 16% | 11% | 5% | 1% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Bulls Wins | 1% | 6% | 16% | 19% | 20% | 17% | 14% | 6% | 1% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Sixers (29‑22) vs Suns (31‑21) |
7 | Sixers Wins | 2% | 8% | 19% | 21% | 19% | 15% | 11% | 4% | 1% | <1% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | 1% | 8% | 18% | 20% | 19% | 16% | 11% | 5% | 1% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Suns Wins | 2% | 8% | 18% | 20% | 19% | 16% | 12% | 5% | 1% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Thunder (40‑12) vs Rockets (31‑19) |
6 | Thunder Wins | 1% | 8% | 19% | 20% | 19% | 16% | 11% | 5% | 1% | <1% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | 1% | 8% | 18% | 20% | 19% | 16% | 11% | 5% | 1% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Rockets Wins | 2% | 7% | 18% | 19% | 19% | 16% | 12% | 5% | 1% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Pelicans (13‑40) vs TimberwolvesT. Wolves (32‑20) |
5 | Pelicans Wins | 1% | 8% | 19% | 22% | 19% | 15% | 11% | 4% | 1% | <1% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | 1% | 8% | 18% | 20% | 19% | 16% | 11% | 5% | 1% | <1% | <1% | ||
| TimberwolvesT. Wolves Wins | 1% | 8% | 18% | 20% | 19% | 16% | 12% | 4% | 1% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Mavericks (19‑32) vs Spurs (35‑16) |
3 | Mavericks Wins | 1% | 10% | 17% | 19% | 18% | 17% | 11% | 5% | 1% | <1% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | 1% | 8% | 18% | 20% | 19% | 16% | 11% | 5% | 1% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Spurs Wins | 1% | 8% | 18% | 21% | 19% | 16% | 11% | 5% | 1% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Grizzlies (20‑29) vs Trail Blazers (23‑28) |
2 | Grizzlies Wins | 1% | 8% | 17% | 21% | 20% | 16% | 11% | 5% | 1% | <1% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | 1% | 8% | 18% | 20% | 19% | 16% | 11% | 5% | 1% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Trail Blazers Wins | 1% | 9% | 18% | 20% | 19% | 16% | 11% | 5% | 1% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Kings (12‑40) vs Clippers (23‑27) |
1 | Kings Wins | 1% | 8% | 18% | 20% | 18% | 16% | 12% | 5% | 1% | <1% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | 1% | 8% | 18% | 20% | 19% | 16% | 11% | 5% | 1% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Clippers Wins | 1% | 8% | 19% | 20% | 19% | 16% | 12% | 5% | 1% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Jazz (16‑36) vs Magic (26‑24) |
1 | Jazz Wins | 1% | 8% | 19% | 21% | 18% | 16% | 11% | 5% | 1% | <1% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | 1% | 8% | 18% | 20% | 19% | 16% | 11% | 5% | 1% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Magic Wins | 1% | 8% | 18% | 21% | 19% | 16% | 11% | 5% | 1% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Warriors (28‑24) vs Lakers (31‑19) |
1 | Warriors Wins | 2% | 8% | 19% | 19% | 18% | 16% | 11% | 5% | 1% | <1% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | 1% | 8% | 18% | 20% | 19% | 16% | 11% | 5% | 1% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Lakers Wins | 1% | 8% | 18% | 20% | 19% | 16% | 11% | 5% | 1% | <1% | <1% | ||