I am counting on the Nets losing two play-in games and winning the #1 pick with the 0.5% odds at the 14th lottery position.
There are small market and mid market teams with much worse results in the past 30 years than the Spurs. If the league is really thumbing the scales for that reason, the Spurs make no sense as the object of their affections.
Cleveland, New York, and Denver seem like the likeliest losses among the remaining games. Knock on wood. But ideally, the Rockets lose the first three games on the schedule, and if the bottom 3 record is truly sealed up, they go on a 5-game winning streak to end the season on a feel-good note. Sun, Mar 26 @Cleveland Mon, Mar 27 @New York Wed, Mar 29 @Brooklyn Fri, Mar 31 vsDetroit Sun, Apr 2 vsLos Angeles Tue, Apr 4 vsDenver Fri, Apr 7 @Charlotte Sun, Apr 9 @Washington
Ah, I copied and pasted from the other side of the globe, and ESPN gave me the dates from my context. Should be correct now.
It's not ideal for the Rockets to lose to Brooklyn. We have their pick and it may be lottery If they keep losing. Either way the more losses for them the better
No we don’t. We only have a pick swap this year. Edit: unless you are cheering for them to be in the lottery for the small chance they will get a higher pick then us. If so, carry on.
Apparently until we're guaranteed the best odds at the #1 pick (along with the other 2-worst teams). It's the magic number to lock it up. It's really a foregone conclusion. There's only about 6 or 7 games left and we're 6.5 games "ahead" of Charlotte in that race, so ... yeah. lol.
