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 Eastern 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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| Wizards (23‑22) |
Raptors (21‑21) |
12 |
| Hawks (19‑25) |
Heat (29‑16) |
11 |
| Celtics (23‑23) |
Trail Blazers (18‑26) |
9 |
| Hornets (25‑20) |
Thunder (14‑30) |
7 |
| Bucks (28‑19) |
Bulls (28‑15) |
6 |
| Spurs (17‑28) |
Nets (28‑16) |
5 |
| Sixers (26‑18) |
Clippers (22‑24) |
4 |
| Suns (35‑9) |
Pacers (17‑29) |
4 |
| Magic (8‑38) |
Lakers (22‑23) |
3 |
| Jazz (29‑16) |
Pistons (11‑33) |
2 |