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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| Jazz (21‑49) |
Sixers (38‑32) |
96 |
| Rockets (41‑27) |
Hawks (38‑31) |
93 |
| Magic (38‑31) |
Lakers (45‑25) |
89 |
| Nuggets (42‑28) |
Raptors (39‑29) |
47 |
| Nets (17‑52) |
Knicks (45‑25) |
30 |
| Pelicans (25‑46) |
Cavaliers (43‑27) |
25 |
| Grizzlies (24‑44) |
Celtics (46‑23) |
23 |
| Suns (39‑31) |
Bucks (28‑41) |
6 |
| Pistons (50‑19) |
Warriors (33‑36) |
3 |
| Wizards (16‑53) |
Thunder (55‑15) |
0 |
| Spurs (52‑18) |
Pacers (15‑55) |
0 |