Just two games this week, and not even until Thursday, against the lowly Pelicans and Timberwolves. I’d have felt comfortable back in December already tallying these two into the win column ahead of time, but with the Rockets’ shaky play since January, no game is safe. Wednesday’s loss to the Heat doesn’t exactly inspire confidence.
I mistakenly referred to Charlotte as New Orleans, two weeks ago, previewing a Donatas Motiejunas and Terrence Jones reunion. That will actually be this week.
The Rockets were five games up on Utah for the third seed, and three games back of the Spurs for the second seed, this time last week.