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

Mavericks vs Spurs

An all-Texas rivalry of the 2000s built on hard-fought seven-game playoff series.

1000pts

2

Lakers vs Spurs

The defining Western dynasty clash of the 2000s, with Shaq and Kobe trading conference crowns with Tim Duncan's Spurs.

962pts

3

Lakers vs Trail Blazers

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

753pts

4

Lakers vs Clippers

The cross-arena Battle of Los Angeles between the two Staples Center co-tenants.

699pts

5

Nuggets vs Jazz

A modern Northwest rivalry highlighted by their seven-game 2020 bubble playoff series.

636pts

6

Trail Blazers vs Nuggets

A long-running Northwest rivalry capped by their epic 2019 quadruple-overtime playoff game.

559pts

7

Spurs vs Suns

A mid-2000s grudge match remembered for the 2007 series and the Robert Horry hip-check on Steve Nash.

559pts

8

Lakers vs Suns

Recurring playoff drama from the 1990s Barkley era through Kobe's first-round duels with Steve Nash.

559pts

9

Grizzlies vs Thunder

The grind-it-out early-2010s playoff rivalry between Memphis and Kevin Durant's Thunder.

466pts

10

Warriors vs Clippers

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

466pts