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 (38‑27) vs Pacers (15‑50) |
42 | Suns Wins | <1% | <1% | 3% | 9% | 14% | 24% | 43% | 6% | 1% | <1% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | 3% | 8% | 13% | 22% | 45% | 9% | 1% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Pacers Wins | <1% | <1% | 1% | 5% | 9% | 20% | 51% | 12% | 2% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Bulls (27‑38) vs Lakers (40‑25) |
12 | Bulls Wins | <1% | <1% | 3% | 9% | 14% | 22% | 42% | 9% | 1% | <1% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | 3% | 8% | 13% | 22% | 45% | 9% | 1% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Lakers Wins | <1% | <1% | 2% | 7% | 12% | 22% | 47% | 9% | 1% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Rockets (40‑24) vs Nuggets (39‑26) |
10 | Rockets Wins | <1% | <1% | 2% | 9% | 14% | 22% | 43% | 8% | 1% | <1% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | 3% | 8% | 13% | 22% | 45% | 9% | 1% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Nuggets Wins | <1% | <1% | 3% | 7% | 12% | 22% | 46% | 9% | 1% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Clippers (32‑32) vs TimberwolvesT. Wolves (40‑25) |
8 | Clippers Wins | <1% | <1% | 3% | 8% | 13% | 23% | 42% | 10% | 1% | <1% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | 3% | 8% | 13% | 22% | 45% | 9% | 1% | <1% | <1% | ||
| TimberwolvesT. Wolves Wins | <1% | <1% | 2% | 7% | 11% | 21% | 50% | 7% | 1% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Grizzlies (23‑41) vs Mavericks (21‑44) |
0 | Grizzlies Wins | <1% | <1% | 2% | 8% | 12% | 22% | 46% | 8% | 1% | <1% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | 3% | 8% | 13% | 22% | 45% | 9% | 1% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Mavericks Wins | <1% | <1% | 2% | 8% | 13% | 22% | 45% | 9% | 1% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Thunder (51‑15) vs Celtics (43‑22) |
0 | Thunder Wins | <1% | <1% | 2% | 8% | 13% | 22% | 45% | 9% | 1% | <1% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | 3% | 8% | 13% | 22% | 45% | 9% | 1% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Celtics Wins | <1% | <1% | 2% | 8% | 13% | 22% | 46% | 8% | 1% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Kings (16‑50) vs Hornets (33‑33) |
0 | Kings Wins | <1% | <1% | 3% | 8% | 13% | 22% | 45% | 9% | 1% | <1% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | 3% | 8% | 13% | 22% | 45% | 9% | 1% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Hornets Wins | <1% | <1% | 3% | 8% | 13% | 22% | 45% | 9% | 1% | <1% | <1% | ||