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What's the magic number to clinch the 4th best record in the league over the Knicks?
I still want the 4th best record. I have no problem with Ime resting some guys, but don't pull too many starters til that's clinched. I know it's...
I'd be surprised if that happened. They have a pretty soft schedule this week.
Some of those 4-8 teams play each other this week too. Memphis hosts Minnesota on Thursday, Denver hosts Memphis on Friday, and Golden State hosts...
The Rockets have an advantage in the Clippers game. LA will be on a B2B(albeit a home one with the first game being against the Spurs). The...
And Denver is only a half game ahead of them.
The Thunder look awful in their last two games. Are they just coasting into the playoffs or have other teams finally figured them out?
This is incredibly confusing. Thanks for summarizing it for us.
It's not unthinkable that the Warriors finish 3rd and the Lakers slide all the way to 6th. Imagine if the Rockets were in position to make that...
Definitely Memphis. The Clippers and T'Wolves are playing really good ball right now. And Kawhi is finally healthy for LA.
Hopefully the Rockets avoid that scenario. I'd rather not play Denver in the first round. Plus that would mean OKC in the Semifinals.
If I have it right, they own Phoenix's pick outright and have a swap with Brooklyn. So they could get two lottery picks in that draft.
But what happens if at 51-31, the Warriors also win their division? The Lakers are already sitting at 30 losses and could easily lose 2 more games...
If the Lakers lose at OKC tomorrow afternoon, the Rockets can clinch the 2nd seed with a win over the Warriors. And even if LA pulls off the...
No. The magic number would be 1 for both the Nuggets and Warriors.
As long as we start Tari, I'm good. The Rockets haven't lost a game since the break with him in the starting lineup.
Fair point. That did benefit the Rockets in 2015 in getting home court over the Clippers.
You got it. Magic number to finish ahead of: Lakers - 3 games Nuggets - 3 games Warriors - 2 games T'Wolves - 1 game If I got any of that...
The Rockets winning 3 games would give them 53 wins. Every team below us has at least 30 losses, so they can't catch us. If the Rockets win 2...
That's a bit misleading though. They've only played 4 teams with winning records since that win over the Bucks. And 2 of their losses were on B2Bs...
