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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| Warriors (21‑19) |
Trail Blazers (19‑21) |
61 |
| Bucks (17‑22) |
Timberwolves (26‑14) |
41 |
| Heat (20‑19) |
Suns (24‑15) |
39 |
| Lakers (23‑14) |
Hawks (20‑21) |
38 |
| Rockets (22‑14) |
Bulls (18‑20) |
38 |
| Thunder (33‑7) |
Spurs (27‑12) |
30 |
| Pelicans (9‑32) |
Nuggets (26‑13) |
28 |
| Clippers (16‑23) |
Wizards (10‑28) |
24 |
| Kings (10‑30) |
Knicks (25‑14) |
15 |