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 | |
| Nets (1‑6) |
Hornets (3‑5) |
59 |
| Wizards (4‑3) |
Hawks (4‑4) |
51 |
| Clippers (1‑5) |
Raptors (3‑3) |
49 |
| Pistons (6‑1) |
Sixers (7‑1) |
47 |
| Knicks (3‑4) |
Bulls (1‑6) |
45 |
| Rockets (6‑1) |
Celtics (5‑1) |
44 |
| Lakers (5‑2) |
Heat (2‑4) |
43 |
| Thunder (5‑2) |
Cavaliers (4‑3) |
38 |