The Most Important Games for a conference are those games in the upcoming week whose outcome most changes the final playoff picture. The Importance Factor provides a relative importance between games. Use this table to identify the most interesting Western conference games in the upcoming week of play. Click a team name to proceed to the team playoff picture page.
| Game | Importance Factor (0‑∼100) |
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|---|---|---|
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| Suns (12‑8) |
Nuggets (13‑5) |
52 |
| Timberwolves (10‑8) |
Celtics (10‑8) |
44 |
| Jazz (6‑12) |
Rockets (12‑4) |
39 |
| Trail Blazers (8‑11) |
Thunder (19‑1) |
35 |
| Warriors (10‑10) |
Pelicans (3‑16) |
35 |
| Kings (5‑15) |
Grizzlies (8‑12) |
34 |
| Clippers (5‑14) |
Mavericks (5‑15) |
29 |