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 | |
| Cavaliers (9‑5) |
Bucks (8‑6) |
72 |
| Sixers (7‑5) |
Clippers (4‑9) |
54 |
| Heat (7‑6) |
Knicks (8‑4) |
51 |
| Nets (2‑11) |
Celtics (7‑7) |
48 |
| Raptors (8‑5) |
Hornets (4‑9) |
47 |
| Pistons (11‑2) |
Pacers (1‑12) |
38 |
| Nuggets (10‑2) |
Bulls (6‑6) |
38 |
| Magic (7‑7) |
Warriors (9‑6) |
35 |