The Rockets have just five games left - starting Friday night against the Kings - and it's going to be a four-team race to the bottom with Houston (20-57) battling Orlando (20-57), Detroit (21-56) and Oklahoma City (22-54) for the worst record.
Pyrrhic victories in Portland
I was livid after this two-game winning streak after the home team came away with two meaningless victories against a Blazers squad better suited for the G League. For both games, the Blazers started Trendon Watford, C.J. Elleby, Drew Eubanks, Brandon Williams and Keon Johnson. Unless you're in the top 1% of diehards, you had never heard of any of these players.