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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| Hawks (20‑23) |
Celtics (25‑15) |
65 |
| Heat (21‑20) |
Thunder (35‑7) |
52 |
| Grizzlies (17‑23) |
Magic (23‑18) |
49 |
| Bulls (19‑22) |
Nets (12‑27) |
46 |
| Knicks (25‑16) |
Suns (24‑17) |
34 |
| Warriors (23‑19) |
Hornets (15‑26) |
21 |
| Pistons (29‑10) |
Pacers (10‑32) |
20 |
| Nuggets (28‑13) |
Wizards (10‑30) |
18 |