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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| Timberwolves (27‑19) |
Warriors (26‑21) |
80 |
| Celtics (28‑17) |
Trail Blazers (23‑23) |
54 |
| Bulls (23‑22) |
Lakers (27‑17) |
46 |
| Suns (27‑19) |
Nets (12‑32) |
42 |
| Rockets (27‑16) |
Grizzlies (18‑25) |
40 |
| Jazz (15‑31) |
Clippers (21‑24) |
35 |
| Nuggets (31‑15) |
Pistons (33‑11) |
34 |
| Thunder (37‑10) |
Pelicans (12‑36) |
17 |
| Knicks (27‑18) |
Kings (12‑35) |
8 |