You know, one of these days I'd like to see some documentarian do a deep-dive into why the Eastern Conference is such a colossal joke every single year. Every year, without fail, the Eastern Conference is dominated by 1-2 teams, with a severe drop-off after that. Meanwhile, the Western Conference is a meat-grinder. Every year. Without fail.
Right now, only the top 5 teams in the Eastern Conference have a winning record, closed out by Boston at 10-8. The 6th ranked team, Atlanta, is 10-10. Meanwhile, in the Western Conference the top 10 teams have winning records, closed out by San Antonio at 11-10. And 11 & 12 aren't far from reaching .500 records. Yeah, there's a lot of season still left, but that's just SAD.
Every time this happens, I feel ready to sign on with those people who think we should scrap the East-West system altogether for the playoffs & just play the Top 16 ranked teams by overall record.