Will the Rockets get homecourt advantage against Sonics?

There's one more condition. Sacramento needs to win all of their remaining games. If they don't we get the 5th spot.

 

Nah. Seattle will beat New Orleans and Minnesota.

 

Maybe my math is screwed up but isn't there a less than 1% chance of this happening?

 

Houston can win with or without homecourt I think!

 

playoff math is so confusing..

 

Very true, we are road warriors.

 

This is a silly question: If the Rockets win out, they will pass or tie the Kings because the Kings will not beat Phoenix twice. We win the tiebreaker with the Kings because our conference record is better. Conclusion: If we run the table, we will be #5 and cannot face the Sonics in the first round. Why is this even being brought up again in a new thread? Hasn't it been beaten to death already?

 

It's the only thing worth talking about at the moment. At least until after the Rockets/Nuggets game on Saturday when we'll have a better idea where they'll finish in the standings.

 

I agree playoff seedings are the only thing worth talking about. But the Rockets finishing #6 and getting home court advantage over the Sonics in the first round is a complete pipe dream. We should talk about whether we finish #5, #6 or #7 and there are several threads on that already. I'll repeat myself on this one: If we win Saturday, we will finish #5; lose and it will be #7. I base this on how the tiebreakers come out and the fact (I guarantee) Sacramento will lose at least one of their two remaining games with the Suns.

 

Very likely, I think we will finish either #5 or #7, the probability of our seeding is #5>#7>#6. Sorry no Sonics for us in the 1st round, now a more interesting question should be raised, would you want to face Mavericks or Spurs? I prefer Mavericks although they play much better than Spurs recently.

 

But what if the Rockets win Saturday and the Nuggets lose again in Phoenix after that? Then Houston could tank the Sonics game at the end of the season to secure the 6th seed. Seattle in the first round is NOT a pipe dream.

 

May I suggest a different attitude about all this: There are so many good teams in the west, 1 through 8, that the wisest course is to win all our remaining games in order to maximize the number of teams that end up below us in the standings. Lord knows who will come out of the first round. I would like the security of home court against Memphis, Denver, and Sacramento, should we end up playing any of them down the road.

 

This is the smartest post the whole season I've seen regarding the playoffs. Keep winning, and let the pieces fall as they may.

 

If you want to play Sonics in the 1st round, how could we tank the Sonics game so as to boost their confidence? BTW, I don't want Rockets to lose their momentum as well as the winning streak. It would be sweet if we can carry a 7 game winning streak into playoff.

 

Please read what I said: I didn't say finishing #6 and facing the Sonics was a pipe dream. The pipe dream is we would finish #6 AND GET HOME COURT IN THE FIRST ROUND AGAINST THEM, especially if we "tank" the last game of the season against them.

#5 or #7 will be determined Saturday. Again, #6 is possible but not likely because of the remaining schedules and tiebreakers. If we finish #6, we will be ON THE ROAD against the Sonics. Don't underestimate them. With Rashard Lewis, Antonio Daniels and Fortson back, I expect a tough, nasty series that will bring the the currently latent anti-Sonics vibes we all have back to the surface. They will shove around and try to abuse Yao just like they did Olajuwon in the old days.