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 (39‑29) vs TimberwolvesT. Wolves (41‑27) |
49 | Suns Wins | <1% | <1% | 2% | 4% | 10% | 28% | 52% | 4% | <1% | <1% | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | 1% | 3% | 7% | 19% | 62% | 7% | 1% | <1% | ^ | ||
| TimberwolvesT. Wolves Wins | X | <1% | <1% | 2% | 4% | 14% | 70% | 9% | 1% | <1% | ^ | ||
| Sixers (37‑31) vs Nuggets (41‑27) |
5 | Sixers Wins | <1% | <1% | 1% | 3% | 7% | 19% | 61% | 7% | 1% | <1% | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | 1% | 3% | 7% | 19% | 62% | 7% | 1% | <1% | ^ | ||
| Nuggets Wins | <1% | <1% | 1% | 3% | 6% | 19% | 63% | 7% | 1% | <1% | ^ | ||
| Spurs (49‑18) vs Clippers (34‑33) |
3 | Spurs Wins | <1% | <1% | 1% | 3% | 7% | 19% | 64% | 5% | <1% | <1% | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | 1% | 3% | 7% | 19% | 62% | 7% | 1% | <1% | ^ | ||
| Clippers Wins | <1% | <1% | 1% | 3% | 7% | 20% | 59% | 10% | 1% | <1% | ^ | ||
| Rockets (41‑25) vs Lakers (42‑25) |
3 | Rockets Wins | <1% | <1% | 1% | 3% | 7% | 19% | 62% | 8% | 1% | <1% | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | 1% | 3% | 7% | 19% | 62% | 7% | 1% | <1% | ^ | ||
| Lakers Wins | <1% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 6% | 20% | 63% | 8% | 1% | <1% | ^ | ||
| Thunder (53‑15) vs Magic (38‑29) |
1 | Thunder Wins | X | <1% | 1% | 3% | 7% | 20% | 62% | 7% | 1% | <1% | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | 1% | 3% | 7% | 19% | 62% | 7% | 1% | <1% | ^ | ||
| Magic Wins | <1% | <1% | 1% | 3% | 7% | 19% | 62% | 8% | 1% | <1% | ^ | ||