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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| Cavaliers (44‑27) |
Magic (38‑33) |
109 |
| Sixers (39‑33) |
Bulls (29‑42) |
109 |
| Hornets (37‑34) |
Kings (19‑53) |
90 |
| Pistons (52‑19) |
Hawks (40‑32) |
90 |
| Clippers (36‑36) |
Raptors (40‑31) |
42 |
| Celtics (47‑24) |
Thunder (57‑15) |
29 |
| Knicks (47‑25) |
Pelicans (25‑47) |
29 |
| Trail Blazers (36‑37) |
Bucks (29‑42) |
8 |
| Pacers (16‑56) |
Lakers (46‑26) |
0 |
| Jazz (21‑51) |
Wizards (16‑55) |
0 |
| Warriors (34‑38) |
Nets (17‑55) |
0 |