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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| Heat (31‑29) |
Rockets (37‑21) |
67 |
| Celtics (39‑20) |
Sixers (33‑26) |
65 |
| Magic (31‑27) |
Pistons (44‑14) |
57 |
| Hornets (29‑31) |
Trail Blazers (29‑31) |
55 |
| Wizards (16‑42) |
Raptors (34‑25) |
40 |
| Bulls (24‑36) |
Bucks (26‑32) |
33 |
| Knicks (38‑22) |
Spurs (43‑16) |
30 |
| Nets (15‑44) |
Cavaliers (37‑24) |
29 |
| Pacers (15‑45) |
Grizzlies (22‑36) |
5 |