In true streaky fashion, I expect the Rockets to win the next 3 games and finish the week out as so: 12-17 ===== Houston W (14-10) Utah L (13-12) Dallas W (16-8) S.A. W (17-10) Denver W (16-9) 12-18 ===== Dallas L (16-9) Minn W (16-9) Sac W (17-6) 12-19 ===== Houston W (15-10) Sac W (18-6) Utah L (13-13) Memphis W (15-10) L.A. W (19-5) Denver L (16-10) S.A. W (18-10) 12-20 ===== Houston W (16-10) Memphis L (15-11) Minn W (17-9) Dallas W (17-9) Denver (17-10) S.A. (19-10) 1 Los Angeles 19 5 .792 --- 2 Sacramento 18 6 .750 1.0 3 San Antonio 19 10 .655 2.5 4 Minnesota 17 9 .654 3.0 5 Dallas 17 9 .654 3.0 6 Denver 17 10 .630 3.5 7 Houston 16 10 .615 4.0 8 Memphis 15 11 .577 5.0 ------------------------------- 9 Utah 13 13 .500 7.0 That puts us at 3 games ahead of the 9th place team and only 1 game behind 4th in the conference.
