So is the Eastern Conference a lot better than we expected?

After going just 16-24 (.400) against the West over the first three weeks of the season, the East is 19-13 (.594) in interconference games over the last 14 days. With that, 10 of the league’s 17 teams with winning records are in the Eastern Conference. The Detroit Pistons finished in sixth place last season with a winning percentage (.537) that would have them in 10th this year.

It’s early and, as noted in this space last week, those top 10 East teams have been feeding on the bottom four. But they’re also doing better against the West, which claims the league’s most disappointing teams of the first five weeks. It’s also worth noting that the 14th-place Pacers have played the most interconference games ( nine ), while the top

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