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 (41‑26) vs Lakers (41‑25) |
50 | Nuggets Wins | <1% | <1% | 41% | 35% | 16% | 6% | 1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | 28% | 31% | 25% | 13% | 4% | <1% | <1% | <1% | ^ | ||
| Lakers Wins | <1% | <1% | 18% | 30% | 31% | 16% | 5% | <1% | <1% | <1% | ^ | ||
| Warriors (32‑33) vs TimberwolvesT. Wolves (40‑26) |
7 | Warriors Wins | <1% | <1% | 28% | 33% | 24% | 11% | 3% | <1% | <1% | <1% | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | 28% | 31% | 25% | 13% | 4% | <1% | <1% | <1% | ^ | ||
| TimberwolvesT. Wolves Wins | <1% | <1% | 27% | 31% | 23% | 14% | 4% | <1% | <1% | <1% | ^ | ||
| Bulls (27‑39) vs Clippers (33‑32) |
1 | Bulls Wins | <1% | <1% | 28% | 31% | 25% | 13% | 3% | <1% | <1% | <1% | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | 28% | 31% | 25% | 13% | 4% | <1% | <1% | <1% | ^ | ||
| Clippers Wins | <1% | <1% | 28% | 32% | 24% | 12% | 4% | <1% | <1% | <1% | ^ | ||
| Jazz (20‑46) vs Trail Blazers (31‑35) |
1 | Jazz Wins | <1% | <1% | 28% | 32% | 24% | 12% | 4% | <1% | <1% | <1% | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | 28% | 31% | 25% | 13% | 4% | <1% | <1% | <1% | ^ | ||
| Trail Blazers Wins | <1% | <1% | 28% | 31% | 24% | 12% | 4% | <1% | <1% | <1% | ^ | ||
| Hornets (34‑33) vs Spurs (48‑18) |
1 | Hornets Wins | <1% | <1% | 27% | 32% | 25% | 12% | 4% | <1% | <1% | <1% | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | 28% | 31% | 25% | 13% | 4% | <1% | <1% | <1% | ^ | ||
| Spurs Wins | <1% | <1% | 28% | 31% | 25% | 13% | 4% | <1% | <1% | <1% | ^ | ||