Clippers vs. Rockets Tonight: Playoff Implications Galore

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00:00If you move down the board, how about the Houston Rockets here tonight,

00:04also getting ready to do battle against the suddenly red-hot L.A. Clippers here.

00:11And you've got to be, you've just got to love the Clippers, right?

00:14They finally get a healthy Kawhi Leonard ready to go here.

00:19And boy, what a difference this guy makes.

00:22He's an absolute sniper.

00:24And this game, by the way, has a whole lot of playoff implications right now.

00:29I believe as high as fourth place in the Western Conference

00:34and maybe a home court advantage in the first round of the playoffs for the L.A. Clippers.

00:39That is what is at stake here as they'll host those Rockets here tonight.

00:44They have won 15 of their past 18 games.

00:48They have the number four spot in the Western Conference

00:51because of an unbelievable four-team tiebreaker right now

00:55as you look at those Western Conference standings.

00:58It is crazy.

00:59Now, Houston already has clinched the number two spot when they beat the Lakers,

01:05or rather when the Lakers ended up losing to Oklahoma City last night.

01:09So Houston locked into the two.

01:12It's the Clippers here who are trying to vie to make sure that they hold on to that home playoff spot,

01:19get that number four seed,

01:20and they can do that at home here tonight against a Rockets team that might.

01:27Listen, they're still a little young here.

01:29I still think that Houston is a very dangerous team when the playoffs come,

01:34but I don't think there's any more dangerous team right now than the L.A. Clippers

01:38with Kawhi Leonard and Powell and Harden.

01:42And is it me or are these guys playing some of their best basketball that we have seen here?

01:49So this, I think, is going to be a good one tonight here with the Clippers.

01:54My money is with them, even though it's a big number, seven, seven and a half right now.

01:59Again, Houston maybe did a little celebrating last night on locking up the number two seed.

02:06I don't think you're going to see that from the L.A. Clippers.

02:10I think they want to handle business and move on.