as far as the East is from the West-- in the NBA

Did you like that application of Ps 103:12 to basketball? ;-)

Eight teams will make the playoffs from each conference.
In the Eastern Conference, only five teams have winning records.
In the Western Conference, eight teams have won 60% of their games.

The good news for the West: they have the stronger conference by far.

The bad news: In the first round of the grueling NBA playoffs, the strongest teams from the East will get the equivalent of a bye-- while the Western teams will have to slug it out against a good team.