If we were tied with Utah going into the last game of the season...would you want the Rox to go all out and basically show the Jazz their game plan for the first round or would you want the Rox to rest their players and just save all their energy and play in Utah in the first round? Hope it doesn't come down to this but it's a strong possibility.
go all out and get home court advantage. Utah is considerably worse on the road than at home. Just consider it an 8 game playoff series, start it 1 game early, It will not make nearly as much of a big deal, since our gameplan is pretty obvious, Feed Yao and Tmac, let open shooters hit shots, hustle, play good team defense... Its our attitude and execution that matters, everyone knows the gameplan at this point.. Home court advantage would also be a huge mental boost to this team, needing some positives going into the playoffs.
I'm just worried about a letdown in Game 1 if we win a playoff like atmosphere game and clinch the 4th seed.