With each passing game, and each selfless passing sequence, we learn more about the Knicks and their increasingly realistic quest to secure a proper postseason berth — thereby avoiding the 7-10 play-in scenarios — in the Eastern Conference.

Consider their four games over the next seven days one of the most important remaining weeks on their regular-season slate, bookended by two meetings with the Celtics — the team with the best record in the NBA — Monday night at the Garden and a visit Sunday to Boston.

In between those two barometer games, the Knicks will face the two teams closest to them in the East’s pecking order: the drastically altered Nets on Wednesday at the Garden and the Heat on Friday in Miami.

The Nets’ loss at the buzzer Sunday in Atlanta — their fourth defeat in six games since the blockbuster jettisoning of stars Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving before the trade deadline — dropped them into a virtual tie with the Knicks for the No. 5 and No. 6 playoff positions in the East.