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 | |||
| Celtics (44‑23) vs Suns (39‑28) |
7 | Celtics Wins | <1% | <1% | 17% | 29% | 31% | 18% | 5% | <1% | <1% | <1% | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | 17% | 29% | 30% | 18% | 6% | <1% | <1% | <1% | ^ | ||
| Suns Wins | <1% | <1% | 17% | 28% | 29% | 18% | 7% | <1% | <1% | <1% | ^ | ||
| Clippers (34‑33) vs Spurs (49‑18) |
2 | Clippers Wins | <1% | <1% | 17% | 30% | 30% | 18% | 6% | <1% | <1% | <1% | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | 17% | 29% | 30% | 18% | 6% | <1% | <1% | <1% | ^ | ||
| Spurs Wins | <1% | <1% | 17% | 29% | 31% | 17% | 6% | <1% | <1% | <1% | ^ | ||
| Trail Blazers (32‑35) vs Sixers (36‑31) |
1 | Trail Blazers Wins | <1% | <1% | 17% | 29% | 29% | 19% | 6% | <1% | <1% | <1% | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | 17% | 29% | 30% | 18% | 6% | <1% | <1% | <1% | ^ | ||
| Sixers Wins | <1% | <1% | 17% | 29% | 30% | 18% | 6% | <1% | <1% | <1% | ^ | ||
| Lakers (42‑25) vs Rockets (41‑25) |
0 | Lakers Wins | <1% | <1% | 16% | 30% | 31% | 18% | 6% | <1% | <1% | <1% | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | 17% | 29% | 30% | 18% | 6% | <1% | <1% | <1% | ^ | ||
| Rockets Wins | <1% | <1% | 18% | 27% | 30% | 19% | 6% | <1% | <1% | <1% | ^ | ||
| Knicks (43‑25) vs Warriors (32‑34) |
0 | Knicks Wins | <1% | <1% | 17% | 28% | 30% | 18% | 5% | <1% | <1% | <1% | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | 17% | 29% | 30% | 18% | 6% | <1% | <1% | <1% | ^ | ||
| Warriors Wins | <1% | <1% | 17% | 30% | 29% | 19% | 6% | <1% | <1% | <1% | ^ | ||
| Cavaliers (41‑26) vs Mavericks (22‑45) |
0 | Cavaliers Wins | <1% | <1% | 17% | 29% | 30% | 18% | 6% | <1% | <1% | <1% | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | 17% | 29% | 30% | 18% | 6% | <1% | <1% | <1% | ^ | ||
| Mavericks Wins | <1% | <1% | 17% | 29% | 30% | 18% | 6% | <1% | <1% | <1% | ^ | ||
| Kings (17‑51) vs Jazz (20‑47) |
0 | Kings Wins | <1% | <1% | 17% | 29% | 30% | 18% | 6% | <1% | <1% | <1% | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | 17% | 29% | 30% | 18% | 6% | <1% | <1% | <1% | ^ | ||
| Jazz Wins | <1% | <1% | 17% | 29% | 30% | 18% | 6% | <1% | <1% | <1% | ^ | ||
| Bulls (27‑40) vs Grizzlies (23‑43) |
0 | Bulls Wins | <1% | <1% | 17% | 29% | 30% | 18% | 6% | <1% | <1% | <1% | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | 17% | 29% | 30% | 18% | 6% | <1% | <1% | <1% | ^ | ||
| Grizzlies Wins | <1% | <1% | 17% | 29% | 30% | 18% | 6% | <1% | <1% | <1% | ^ | ||