They're starting Willie Green, same as last year when Billups was out. They'll be better off when Barnes returns. He and Crawford are the key to the bench.
The Spurs seem to be the only team in the west not dealing with injuries (unless you count Parker's fake injury that kept him out of the Magic game - or more precise kept Pop from getting fined). Old people power
The standings don't matter. As long as Redick returns in plenty of time to get back in rhythm for the playoffs, the Clippers will be fine.
We're ahead of them now in the standings but they're leading their division which makes them ahead of us by default. Well have to beat out the Spurs.
Portland will drop which means Houston will likely be the top non division winner, meaning they could get the 2 seed.
I recall that in a playoff series, the Rockets would get home court adv despite the Clippers winning their division if the Rockets have a better record. I think they changed this a few years ago.