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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| Sixers (22‑17) |
Cavaliers (23‑19) |
72 |
| Trail Blazers (19‑22) |
Hawks (20‑22) |
55 |
| Heat (21‑20) |
Thunder (35‑7) |
51 |
| Nets (11‑27) |
Bulls (19‑21) |
44 |
| Raptors (25‑17) |
Clippers (17‑23) |
42 |
| Warriors (22‑19) |
Knicks (25‑15) |
31 |
| Lakers (24‑14) |
Hornets (14‑26) |
23 |
| Kings (11‑30) |
Wizards (10‑29) |
14 |
| Pacers (9‑32) |
Pelicans (10‑33) |
11 |