![]() Funny how history repeats itself.Īlso, I think it would hurt Houston's momentum to lose to two teams that have nothing to play for and then have to travel to Portland for games 1 and 2. Because meanwhile, Portland will have a home game against a team (the Clippers) that will have third place wrapped up and won't try. And a win would avoid the possible doomsday again. A win tonight over San Antonio would clinch fourth place and home court against the Blazers. Well, Houston once again controls its destiny. So the Blazers won and clinched fourth place in front of a raucous home crowd, all while Houston sat in Dallas and cursed how the schedule broke against them and forced them to play a team on the road that was actually trying while their competition played teams that weren't trying. However, because of those earlier results Denver was guaranteed the third seed, so they didn't try in Portland. But the Rockets could still clinch the fourth spot if Denver beat the Blazers in Portland. ![]() So the Rockets couldn't finish second or third (because of tiebreaker issues with Denver). The Spurs needed overtime to beat the Hornets, who tried for 48 minutes but refused to put forth effort for five more. But if San Antonio lost, the Rockets could still get the 3 seed by winning the Southwest Division. Later that night, the other two teams trying to get the 2/3 seeds, Denver and Portland, were playing in Portland. Dallas needed the win to clinch the sixth seed, which they wanted.Ĭoncurrently, the Spurs were playing the Hornets (who were terrible) in San Antonio. Houston controlled its own fate since it had the tiebreaker over San Antonio. However, they had the chance to fall all the way to the fifth seed. On the last day of the 2008-09 season, the Rockets had a chance to be the 2 seed. "What's the 2008-09 Doomsday Scenario?" you ask. It would avoid the 2008-09 Doomsday Scenario repeat. It would give Houston the first season sweep of the Spurs since the 1988-89 season, when the two teams met six times and Houston won all six.ģ. It would make the final game of the season at New Orleans meaningless, so McHale could rest everyone and let Troy Daniels and Robert Covington play 48 minutes.Ģ. This would cause three things to happen:ġ. ![]() First and foremost, a win for the Rockets wraps up home court advantage in the first round against the Portland Trail Blazers.
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