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) |
|
|---|---|---|
| Home | Visitor | |
| Spurs (0‑1) |
Rockets (1‑0) |
60 |
| Kings (0‑1) |
Trail Blazers (1‑0) |
54 |
| Lakers (1‑0) |
Clippers (1‑0) |
48 |
| Jazz (0‑1) |
Pelicans (0‑1) |
46 |
| Warriors (0‑1) |
Grizzlies (1‑0) |
46 |