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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| Hornets (27‑30) |
Wizards (24‑34) |
14 |
| Sixers (37‑21) |
Heat (26‑30) |
14 |
| Magic (27‑32) |
Bulls (14‑44) |
13 |
| Hawks (19‑39) |
Pistons (26‑30) |
12 |
| Nets (30‑29) |
Trail Blazers (34‑23) |
10 |
| Bucks (43‑14) |
Celtics (37‑21) |
4 |
| Pacers (38‑20) |
Pelicans (26‑33) |
3 |
| Raptors (43‑16) |
Spurs (33‑26) |
3 |
| Knicks (11‑47) |
Timberwolves (27‑30) |
2 |
| Cavaliers (12‑46) |
Suns (11‑48) |
2 |