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 (14‑10) |
Warriors (13‑12) |
58 |
| Timberwolves (15‑9) |
Grizzlies (11‑13) |
50 |
| Trail Blazers (9‑15) |
Kings (6‑18) |
35 |
| Spurs (16‑7) |
Wizards (3‑19) |
32 |
| Jazz (8‑15) |
Lakers (17‑6) |
31 |
| Nuggets (17‑6) |
Magic (13‑11) |
31 |
| Pelicans (3‑22) |
Rockets (15‑6) |
28 |
| Mavericks (9‑16) |
Pistons (19‑5) |
26 |
| Thunder (23‑1) |
Clippers (6‑18) |
26 |