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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|---|---|---|
| Home | Visitor | |
| Hawks (15‑16) |
Heat (15‑15) |
70 |
| Bulls (14‑15) |
Sixers (16‑12) |
61 |
| Knicks (20‑9) |
Cavaliers (17‑14) |
57 |
| Magic (17‑13) |
Hornets (10‑20) |
49 |
| Wizards (5‑23) |
Raptors (18‑13) |
42 |
| Pacers (6‑24) |
Celtics (18‑11) |
41 |
| Grizzlies (14‑16) |
Bucks (12‑18) |
39 |
| Jazz (10‑19) |
Pistons (24‑6) |
19 |