The schedule is actually not that hard. If they beat the crap teams and lose to the good teams it comes out to 55.
So, either no one's predicting a championship other than me or a lot of ya'll are predicting we limp badly into the playoffs.
I just checked out the rest of the schedule. Most of the road games are should-wins, and pretty much all of the tough teams the Rockets have left are at home. 58-26 - 55 at worst
If no injuries we should be at 56 wins. ( assuming Yao fits right in- heck I will take him with 1 good leg!)
71 win season 55 reg season, 4 wins in first round, 4 wins in second, 4 wins in WCF and 4 wins in Finals.