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 (35‑21) vs Trail Blazers (27‑29) |
38 | Nuggets Wins | 1% | 4% | 21% | 26% | 23% | 15% | 7% | 2% | 1% | <1% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | 3% | 19% | 25% | 23% | 16% | 9% | 3% | 1% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Trail Blazers Wins | <1% | 2% | 15% | 23% | 23% | 19% | 11% | 5% | 2% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Mavericks (19‑35) vs TimberwolvesT. Wolves (34‑22) |
11 | Mavericks Wins | 1% | 3% | 20% | 26% | 24% | 15% | 8% | 3% | 1% | <1% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | 3% | 19% | 25% | 23% | 16% | 9% | 3% | 1% | <1% | <1% | ||
| TimberwolvesT. Wolves Wins | 1% | 3% | 18% | 24% | 22% | 17% | 10% | 4% | 1% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Knicks (35‑21) vs Rockets (34‑20) |
9 | Knicks Wins | 1% | 3% | 20% | 24% | 23% | 16% | 9% | 3% | 1% | <1% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | 3% | 19% | 25% | 23% | 16% | 9% | 3% | 1% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Rockets Wins | <1% | 3% | 16% | 24% | 24% | 17% | 9% | 4% | 1% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Clippers (27‑28) vs Lakers (33‑21) |
6 | Clippers Wins | 1% | 3% | 20% | 25% | 22% | 16% | 9% | 4% | 1% | <1% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | 3% | 19% | 25% | 23% | 16% | 9% | 3% | 1% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Lakers Wins | <1% | 3% | 18% | 24% | 23% | 17% | 10% | 4% | 1% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Magic (29‑25) vs Suns (32‑24) |
3 | Magic Wins | 1% | 3% | 18% | 25% | 24% | 16% | 8% | 3% | 1% | <1% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | 3% | 19% | 25% | 23% | 16% | 9% | 3% | 1% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Suns Wins | 1% | 3% | 19% | 24% | 23% | 16% | 10% | 3% | 1% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Grizzlies (20‑33) vs Jazz (18‑38) |
2 | Grizzlies Wins | <1% | 3% | 19% | 24% | 23% | 17% | 9% | 3% | 1% | <1% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | 3% | 19% | 25% | 23% | 16% | 9% | 3% | 1% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Jazz Wins | 1% | 3% | 18% | 24% | 23% | 17% | 9% | 4% | 1% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Thunder (42‑14) vs Nets (15‑39) |
1 | Thunder Wins | 1% | 3% | 18% | 24% | 24% | 17% | 9% | 3% | 1% | <1% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | 3% | 19% | 25% | 23% | 16% | 9% | 3% | 1% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Nets Wins | 1% | 3% | 17% | 25% | 24% | 16% | 9% | 4% | 1% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Kings (12‑45) vs Spurs (39‑16) |
0 | Kings Wins | 1% | 4% | 18% | 24% | 23% | 16% | 9% | 4% | 1% | <1% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | 3% | 19% | 25% | 23% | 16% | 9% | 3% | 1% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Spurs Wins | <1% | 3% | 19% | 23% | 23% | 18% | 9% | 3% | 1% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Bucks (23‑30) vs Pelicans (15‑41) |
0 | Bucks Wins | 1% | 3% | 18% | 25% | 22% | 16% | 9% | 4% | 1% | <1% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | 3% | 19% | 25% | 23% | 16% | 9% | 3% | 1% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Pelicans Wins | 1% | 3% | 19% | 25% | 23% | 16% | 9% | 3% | 1% | <1% | <1% | ||