Strength Difference Between NBA Eastern & Western Conferences

It is easy to see the strength difference between Eastern and Western Conferences if you look at the ranking below:

It can be seen from the table that only two teams in Eastern Conference could pass 50% percentage so far. The 13th team in the Western Conference has the same percentage with the 3rd team in the Eastern Conference. This shows that the teams Portland Trail Blazers, San Antonio Spurs and Oklahoma City Thunder are much more better and fitter than Indiana Pacers. That's because the teams in the same conference play more games with each other than with the teams in the other conference. i.e. a team in Eastern Conference plays only two games with a team in Western Conference. Nevertheless it plays three or four games with the teams in its conference. Namely teams in Western Conference have to play against thougher teams throughout the normal season.

This also means that Indiana Pacers and Miami Heat will be less tired compared to the other championship candidates untill the playoffs.

Some teams in the above table have worse statistics but have higher ranking as you can see. Let's tell the reason of that in another blog article.