After a bounce-back week, the NBA’s Eastern Conference, now up to four teams above .500, is having a relative breakthrough in what has been the largest conference imbalance in league history.
Heading into Thursday’s games, the Western Conference owned a 41-20 record against the East, the most lopsided mark since conferences were created in 1950-51. And it has been one of the biggest talking points among players, coaches and executives in the early going
