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) |
|
|---|---|---|
| Home | Visitor | |
| Hawks (26‑27) |
Hornets (24‑28) |
82 |
| Magic (26‑24) |
Jazz (16‑36) |
60 |
| Suns (31‑21) |
Sixers (29‑22) |
57 |
| Raptors (31‑22) |
Pacers (13‑39) |
45 |
| Celtics (34‑18) |
Knicks (33‑19) |
44 |
| Kings (12‑41) |
Cavaliers (31‑21) |
37 |
| Bulls (24‑28) |
Nuggets (33‑19) |
34 |
| Nets (13‑37) |
Wizards (14‑36) |
9 |