Regardless of how badly this team has played, I was looking through the standings and I saw that the Rox have played 4-5 more games than most of the contenders in the Western conference. I think that the rest and practice will be a great help for this team and gives someone like Artest time to heal.
we've also played less home games than most teams in the west (outside or portland and new orleans i think) and we've suffered the most injuries. and yet as of tonight, we're the 5th seed and only 1.5 games away from the #2 seed (though from the other side, we're only 1 game from the 9th spot). so things aren't that bleak. the difference b/t the 2 seed and the 9 seed is 2.5 freaking games. but we're in great shape considering all this hoopla we've gone through. so continue to plug on guys! everybody gets healthy please