If you are claustrophobic, the Eastern Conference is not the place to be right now.
Once (and by once, meaning last year) considered to be the lesser of the two conferences, the East is doing numbers like 2 Pac on Death Row Records.
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While the Cavaliers and Raptors appear to be the class of the conference, the Nos. 3-8 seeds could and likely will switch hands a number of times between now and the end of the season. The Celtics currently occupy third place at 39-27, but the Heat (39-28) are breathing down their necks, along with the Hawks (38-29) and Hornets (37-29).