that maybe the case breh, but he was wrong breh, it's not because of head to head we would miss out breh.
Division record comes before conference record, and the Rockets can still win the tiebreaker due to a better division record.
Once D-Mo is back we will hopefully be playing with the best roster we've had all season. We lost Beverley and Canaan but gained Dwight Howard, Terrence Jones and Pablo Prigioni and not too long ago Josh Smith. I'm especially excited because big men become more important in the playoffs where the game slows down and fouls are not as easily called. With Howard, D-Mo, Jones and Smith we have such a great arsenal of big men to use for various situations. Howard's defensive impact is bound to be greater than Patrick Beverley's defensive impact, especially this year's Patrick Beverley. My biggest concern is that a Westbrook or a Parker can drop 40 points on us easy if we don't play excellent team defense.
That would be amazing to have home court over every team in the league other than the Warriors and Hawks.
Still a game behind my prediction, Memphis on course with what I predicted but if it goes right the rest of the way, we will be 2nd seed. So we have to go at least 4-2, while the Grizzlies need to go at least 4-2, preferably 3-3 as well: Rockets remaining: 77 Sun, Apr 5, 2015 @ Oklahoma City Thunder L 78 Wed, Apr 8, 2015 @ San Antonio Spurs L 79 Fri, Apr 10, 2015 vs. San Antonio Spurs W 80 Sun, Apr 12, 2015 vs. New Orleans Pelicans W 81 Mon, Apr 13, 2015 @ Charlotte Hornets W 82 Wed, Apr 15, 2015 vs. Utah Jazz W Memphis remaining: 77 Sat, Apr 4, 2015 vs. Washington Wizards W 78 Wed, Apr 8, 2015 vs. New Orleans Pelicans W 79 Fri, Apr 10, 2015 @ Utah Jazz W 80 Sat, Apr 11, 2015 @ Los Angeles Clippers L 81 Mon, Apr 13, 2015 @ Golden State Warriors L 82 Wed, Apr 15, 2015 vs. Indiana Pacers W
Sorry forgot the division record, so if they go 4-2, one loss has to be vs. Pelicans and we need to go 2-1 vs. Spurs twice and Pelicans. Very tough actually,
A lot is riding on that Pelicans-Grizzlies game. If Memphis loses that, it buys the Rockets some breathing room. They'll still need to beat the Spurs at home, but doing that(and not losing to the Pelicans obviously) might be enough to win the division. Of course the X-factor remains the Clippers. If the Rockets go 4-2 and that's enough to win the division but LA wins out, then we could still wind up in the 3rd seed and staring at a first round matchup with the Spurs.
If things go the way you say, the Clippers will likely go 6-0 and get the 2 seed, since Memphis is their only difficult game. Upon further review, if we tie with the Clippers, but win the division, we are seeded ahead of them. My bad.
I hope we pull a Blazers from last year and win out and have a nice winning streak going into the playoffs. Getting hot at the right time is key
Winning the division guarantees the tie break over teams that did t win their division, so 4-2 to win the division would see us close out the Spurs, Clippers, and Grizz. The Blazers, however could tie us by winning out and winning the tie break due to their 2-1 head to head record over us.
For real? I never heard of that tiebreaker. Ok, I feel a lot better about holding off the Clippers now(depending on what Memphis does of course).
They can't just sit everyone out at the end of the season, they will get out of rhythm. The Memphis game would be the perfect tuneup 6 days before the playoffs start. They could also selectively rest guys, with a couple guys sitting out the last few games.
