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 | |
| Heat (38‑29) |
Magic (37‑28) |
82 |
| Hawks (35‑31) |
Bucks (27‑38) |
81 |
| Sixers (35‑31) |
Nets (17‑49) |
79 |
| Spurs (48‑18) |
Hornets (34‑33) |
65 |
| Celtics (43‑23) |
Wizards (16‑49) |
25 |
| Clippers (33‑32) |
Bulls (27‑39) |
15 |