The NBA regular season is ending very soon and for some teams these games do not matter at all (for example, for my Pacers sadly) and for some these games are very very important. Whether it’s to get to a higher seed and potentially a better matchup or home-court advantage or to get in the play-in tournament.

Let’s get into some of the top remaining games to watch this regular season…

Cavaliers vs Nets

The Nets are bound for the play-in tournament, but this game is a potential preview for the play-in tournament. The Cavaliers are currently the 7th seed right now and the Nets are the 8th seed, they’re 1 game away from each other. If the Nets win, they can potentially take on the 7th seed and home-court in the play-in tournament. This could be very important as it could mean a matchup vs the Heat or the Celtics/Bucks in the first round.

Darius Garland has been playing great all year and will need to have a good game to win this. It’s also going to be interesting to see Evan Mobley come back this Friday vs the Nets as well. This game might not seem super important, but still a game I’d consider watching due to the potential play-in matchup.

Celtics vs Bucks

This game is about to happen today and it’s going to be what a game. This game will have an impact on playoff seedings as both teams are .5 games away from each other. This game could be extremely important in the 2nd and 3rd seed and who these teams play. Going to be fun to watch Tatum vs Giannis Antetokounmpo this game.

Hawks vs Heat

This game could potentially be really interesting if these teams do end up playing in the first round. If the Hawks do win in the play-in tournament, I expect them to play the Heat in the first round. This could be potentially another preview, but a preview of the first round of the playoffs. It would be really fun to watch this game of Trae Young vs the Jimmy Butler-led Heat.