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 (42‑33) vs Magic (39‑35) |
8 | Suns Wins | X | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | 2% | 93% | 5% | <1% | <1% | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 90% | 9% | <1% | <1% | ^ | ||
| Magic Wins | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | 86% | 13% | <1% | <1% | ^ | ||
| Trail Blazers (38‑38) vs Clippers (39‑36) |
4 | Trail Blazers Wins | X | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 94% | 5% | <1% | <1% | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 90% | 9% | <1% | <1% | ^ | ||
| Clippers Wins | X | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 86% | 12% | <1% | <1% | ^ | ||
| Knicks (48‑27) vs Rockets (45‑29) |
1 | Knicks Wins | X | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 89% | 9% | <1% | <1% | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 90% | 9% | <1% | <1% | ^ | ||
| Rockets Wins | X | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 89% | 9% | <1% | <1% | ^ | ||
| Spurs (57‑18) vs Warriors (36‑39) |
1 | Spurs Wins | X | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 89% | 9% | <1% | <1% | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 90% | 9% | <1% | <1% | ^ | ||
| Warriors Wins | X | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 90% | 9% | <1% | <1% | ^ | ||
| Nuggets (48‑28) vs Jazz (21‑55) |
0 | Nuggets Wins | X | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 89% | 9% | <1% | <1% | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 90% | 9% | <1% | <1% | ^ | ||
| Jazz Wins | X | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 90% | 9% | <1% | <1% | ^ | ||
| Cavaliers (47‑28) vs Lakers (49‑26) |
0 | Cavaliers Wins | X | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 89% | 10% | <1% | <1% | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 90% | 9% | <1% | <1% | ^ | ||
| Lakers Wins | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | 1% | 89% | 9% | <1% | <1% | ^ | ||
| Bucks (29‑45) vs Mavericks (24‑51) |
0 | Bucks Wins | X | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 90% | 9% | <1% | <1% | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 90% | 9% | <1% | <1% | ^ | ||
| Mavericks Wins | X | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 90% | 9% | <1% | <1% | ^ | ||