It's official! Rockets have clinched the #1 seed in the West

1st seed and mvp

 

Tastes so good! Mmmmm...

 

warriors lose
rockets clinch first seed
thunder lose off a westbrook choke
new weeknd album

good night.

 

Time to rest Ariza and Tucker to give them some well earned rest.

 

For those that don’t get it, The Weeknd dropped an EP tonight and that was the cover art

 

Show up for the playoffs, home crowd.

 

Remember Dream's words: play hard and stay...humble

 

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/...western-conference-end-warriors-3-year-streak

The Golden State Warriors have officially been unseated as the best team in the Western Conference.

At least for the regular season.

The Houston Rockets clinched the No. 1 seed in the West and home-court advantage throughout the NBA playoffs Thursday with Golden State's 116-107 loss to the Milwaukee Bucks.



Houston (61-14) is now seven games up on the No. 2 seed with seven games remaining.

The Warriors had the best record in the Western Conference each of the previous three seasons but will instead be the No. 2 seed this year. Golden State and Houston spent most of the year battling for the top spot until injuries caused the former's performance to taper off in March.

The Warriors, who have been without Steph Curry, Kevin Durant, Draymond Green and Klay Thompson for stretches both individually and as a unit, just welcomed Durant and Green back to the lineup Thursday. Curry will be out through at least the first round of the playoffs, while Thompson is due to return within the next week.

Even if all four Warriors All-Stars were healthy, though, it would have been hard to catch Houston. The Rockets' effort has been led by the most efficient offense in the league, with James Harden finally on the precipice of winning his elusive MVP. Harden is leading the NBA in scoring (30.7 ppg) and adding 8.7 assists and 5.4 rebounds per night.

Chris Paul has been a welcome addition, with him and Harden showing no signs of the chemistry issues some feared when he was acquired last offseason. Paul is averaging the second-fewest assists (8.0 per game) of his career but has shot threes at a more regular clip and seemingly enjoyed working away from the ball.

With a defense that also ranks top 10 in efficiency, Houston is the most formidable two-way opponent the Warriors have seen during their reign atop the conference.

"We're confident because we know if we're doing what we're supposed to do, we're going to beat them," Clint Capela told ESPN's Tim MacMahon in January. "We've got to keep playing. We know that they're going to come back if we have the lead, and we've just got to keep that mindset. Sometimes I feel like, in the past, we were all dragging down after mistakes. But today, we were ready. I think that if we're doing what we're supposed to do on defense—all the switches, the weak side—and keep playing our offense by keeping that mentality all game long, we have the weapons to beat them.

"We are better than them."

At least for the regular season, Capela has been proven correct.

 

Stay humble, stay hungry.

 

Amazing! Clinched it with ease

Next thing to Clinch is the championships

 

We can lose all the games and still get HC thru the playoffs and Finals..

Raptors have a very hard schedule coming up... they will forsure lose 2 games from that.....100%

Time to really start resting players... Gordon, Ariza, Tucker all need some days off.

 

LOL.

Offer cheap hot dogs and free shirts and they will come

 

life is good!

 

We are blessed

Enjoy the Easter weekend fellas!

 

Let the good times roll

 

Rest everyone

 

We need a photoshop celebration tread!!!!!

 

let the rest begin, we should treat remaining 7 games as preparation for the playoffs, figure out minutes and rotation, just like preseason, we play different combinations, see who plays well with who, run the starters for 20 minutes, and stay focused on the big goal!!