I know, I just meant that they could get as high as the 4th or 5th seed. I don't think they will since their remaining schedule after this homestand is brutal, but it should be their goal.
Rodrick Rhodes (ie, the guy who was the deal-breaker for Damon Stoudamire back in 97-98) was the last Rockets player to wear #1. In honor of him... we'll go retro, and make the playoffs!
good call... my bad. In honor of the Hawk and Rodrick (two players who's games now seem strikingly similiar), we'll go retro!
Utah loses to Denver today and is now 6 game behind Rockets. Magic number to clintch 8-th spot: 11 or 10?
Even though Utah lost today, the magic number to clintch 8th spot is still: 11 Rockets is 39-26. Both Utah and Portland has 33 losses. Rockets need 11 more wins to reach 50-32 to clintch 8th spot right now, assuming Utah or Portland win all the remaing games. In summary: 1. Current magic number to clintch 8th spot: 11 2. Magic number is reduced by one with each Rockets win. 3. Magic number is reduced by one when the 9th team in loss column reaches 34 losses. Both Utah and Portland need to lose one more game to reduce the magic number this way. I am sick of couting magic number for the playoff. When can we get to the 4th seed?
At 34:34, Utah and Portland needs to win 9 more games out of 14 to get 43 wins. The way they're playing it looks impossible to me. So the real magic number is 5!
Probably/possibly true, but everyone's just counting down to the day we get to see that little "x" by Houston's name in the NBA standings for the first time in a millenium. If only the little "x" could think for itself...
To: Lancet Here are the MAGIC NUMBERS for Houston to clinch 1st thru 8th playoff positions in the WEST as of Saturday morning after Houston loss to Golden State (I don't know what Lakers did last night), I've also included the magic numbers for each team to clinch their present position: Formula: G-W-L+X= MAGIC NUMBER G = 82 games in season, W = wins for team in position Houston would like, L = Houston Losses (or Losses for team in next lower position), and X = 1 to clinch vs 0 to tie. Note that each of the teams have 12-16 games left in the season. 82-50-28+1= 5 for Sacramento to eliminate Houston from 1st (each win for Sacramento lowers by 1 and each loss by Houston lowers by 1). For Sacramento to clinch 1st over anyone its = 82-50-22+1= 11 (right now the team in second is Minnesota) 82-47-28+1= 8 for Minnesota to eliminate Rockets from 2nd (Minnesota number to clinch 2nd over 3rd place Lakers = 82-47-23+1= 13) 82-45-28+1= 10 for Lakers to clinch 3rd over Rockets (number = 82-45-24+1= 14 for Lakers to clinch over 4th spot San Antonio) 82-45-28+1= 10 for San Antonio to clinch 4th over Rockets (82-45-25+1= 13 for San Antonio to clinch 4th over 5th spot Dallas) 82-43-28+1= 12 for Dallas to clinch 5th over Rockets (82-43-26+1= 14 for Dallas to clinch 5th over 6th spot Memphis) 82-42-28+1= 13 for Memphis to clinch 6th over 7th place Rockets 82-39-34+1= 10 for Houston to clinch 7th over 8th spot Denver 82-39-34+1 = 10 for Houston to clinch 8th spot over 9th spot Utah One more, 82-36-34+1= 13 for Denver to clinch 8th spot over 9th spot Utah Hope I didn't make a typo
i would not want to see the rockets face the mavericks. the mavs have owned the rockets lately. i think the lakers or timberwolves would be the ideal matchup. but its more important to make the playoffs first than to imagine who to face, and considering who the rockets have been losing to lately....
The only magic number is zero ![SIZE]. There's nothing magical about the rest of them. We reached all of them last season except the real one.
Utah and Portland both won tonight (not to mention Memphis over the Pacers). Time for some pre-emptive crow-eating on my part. I told nyrocket he was being a drama queen for saying he'd be surprised if we even made the playoffs this year. I might have spoken too soon. Utah, Portland and Denver all have easier schedules than we do to finish out the year. Utah and Portland are surging right while we're slumping. And those last two games were supposed to be among the easiest of our final stretch. Utah's in 9th and they're only 4.5 games behind us. Portland is about a half game behind them if memory serves. Could be neither we nor Denver make it. Sacramento game's big.
