What is the best NBA Western Conference rivalry?

Bitter playoff grudges, controversial finishes and dynasty-defining duels — the Western Conference has staged some of basketball's fiercest feuds. Where do you stand?

1. 1
   Mavericks vs Spurs

   An all-Texas rivalry of the 2000s built on hard-fought seven-game playoff series.
   1000pts
2. 2
   Lakers vs Spurs

   The defining Western dynasty clash of the 2000s, with Shaq and Kobe trading conference crowns with Tim Duncan's Spurs.
   942pts
3. 3
   Lakers vs Trail Blazers

   A heated late-1990s and 2000 rivalry headlined by the Lakers' Game 7 comeback in the conference finals.
   621pts
4. 4
   Lakers vs Clippers

   The cross-arena Battle of Los Angeles between the two Staples Center co-tenants.
   538pts
5. 5
   Nuggets vs Jazz

   A modern Northwest rivalry highlighted by their seven-game 2020 bubble playoff series.
   440pts
6. 6
   Trail Blazers vs Nuggets

   A long-running Northwest rivalry capped by their epic 2019 quadruple-overtime playoff game.
   323pts
7. 7
   Spurs vs Suns

   A mid-2000s grudge match remembered for the 2007 series and the Robert Horry hip-check on Steve Nash.
   323pts
8. 8
   Lakers vs Suns

   Recurring playoff drama from the 1990s Barkley era through Kobe's first-round duels with Steve Nash.
   323pts
9. 9
   Grizzlies vs Thunder

   The grind-it-out early-2010s playoff rivalry between Memphis and Kevin Durant's Thunder.
   0pts
10. 10
    Warriors vs Clippers

    The chippy 2014 first-round series that defined a brief but intense Pacific Division feud.
    0pts

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