The Most Important Games for the Suns are those games in the upcoming week whose outcome most changes the Suns final playoff standings. The Importance Factor provides a relative importance between games. Suns fans can use this table to identify the most interesting games in the upcoming week of play.
| Game | Importance Factor (0‑∼100) |
Game Winner |
Suns 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 | |||
| Suns (31‑22) vs Mavericks (19‑33) |
39 | Suns Wins | <1% | 2% | 6% | 11% | 17% | 25% | 22% | 12% | 4% | 1% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | 2% | 5% | 10% | 17% | 25% | 23% | 13% | 4% | 1% | <1% | ||
| Mavericks Wins | <1% | 1% | 4% | 8% | 14% | 24% | 25% | 16% | 6% | 1% | <1% | ||
| Hawks (26‑28) vs TimberwolvesT. Wolves (32‑22) |
8 | Hawks Wins | <1% | 2% | 6% | 11% | 17% | 26% | 21% | 13% | 4% | 1% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | 2% | 5% | 10% | 17% | 25% | 23% | 13% | 4% | 1% | <1% | ||
| TimberwolvesT. Wolves Wins | <1% | 2% | 5% | 10% | 16% | 24% | 24% | 13% | 4% | 1% | <1% | ||
| Jazz (16‑37) vs Heat (28‑26) |
6 | Jazz Wins | <1% | 2% | 6% | 11% | 17% | 24% | 23% | 13% | 5% | 1% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | 2% | 5% | 10% | 17% | 25% | 23% | 13% | 4% | 1% | <1% | ||
| Heat Wins | <1% | 2% | 5% | 10% | 16% | 24% | 24% | 13% | 4% | 1% | <1% | ||
| Thunder (40‑13) vs Lakers (32‑19) |
4 | Thunder Wins | <1% | 2% | 6% | 11% | 17% | 24% | 22% | 13% | 4% | 1% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | 2% | 5% | 10% | 17% | 25% | 23% | 13% | 4% | 1% | <1% | ||
| Lakers Wins | <1% | 2% | 5% | 10% | 16% | 25% | 25% | 13% | 4% | 1% | <1% | ||
| Grizzlies (20‑31) vs Warriors (28‑25) |
4 | Grizzlies Wins | <1% | 2% | 5% | 10% | 17% | 24% | 25% | 11% | 4% | 1% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | 2% | 5% | 10% | 17% | 25% | 23% | 13% | 4% | 1% | <1% | ||
| Warriors Wins | <1% | 2% | 5% | 11% | 17% | 24% | 23% | 14% | 5% | 1% | <1% | ||
| Kings (12‑42) vs Pelicans (14‑40) |
3 | Kings Wins | <1% | 2% | 5% | 11% | 17% | 25% | 22% | 13% | 4% | 1% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | 2% | 5% | 10% | 17% | 25% | 23% | 13% | 4% | 1% | <1% | ||
| Pelicans Wins | <1% | 2% | 5% | 11% | 16% | 24% | 24% | 13% | 4% | 1% | <1% | ||
| Sixers (30‑22) vs Trail Blazers (25‑28) |
3 | Sixers Wins | <1% | 2% | 5% | 10% | 16% | 24% | 24% | 13% | 4% | 1% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | 2% | 5% | 10% | 17% | 25% | 23% | 13% | 4% | 1% | <1% | ||
| Trail Blazers Wins | <1% | 2% | 5% | 10% | 17% | 24% | 23% | 13% | 5% | 1% | <1% | ||
| Cavaliers (32‑21) vs Nuggets (34‑19) |
2 | Cavaliers Wins | <1% | 2% | 6% | 11% | 17% | 24% | 22% | 13% | 5% | 1% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | 2% | 5% | 10% | 17% | 25% | 23% | 13% | 4% | 1% | <1% | ||
| Nuggets Wins | <1% | 2% | 5% | 10% | 16% | 25% | 24% | 12% | 4% | 1% | <1% | ||
| Clippers (25‑27) vs Rockets (32‑19) |
0 | Clippers Wins | <1% | 2% | 6% | 11% | 16% | 23% | 22% | 14% | 5% | 1% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | 2% | 5% | 10% | 17% | 25% | 23% | 13% | 4% | 1% | <1% | ||
| Rockets Wins | <1% | 2% | 5% | 11% | 16% | 24% | 24% | 13% | 4% | 1% | <1% | ||