Arturas Karnisovas predicts ‘a very interesting trade deadline’ with the Chicago Bulls among a dozen Eastern Conference teams in the playoff hunt

With a little more than three weeks to go until the NBA trade deadline March 25, the Eastern Conference playoff race is crowded. Nine teams were separated by 3½ games entering Monday’s games, and only 1½ games separated the No. 4 seed, the New York Knicks, from the No. 10 seed, the Chicago Bulls.