Even though I hate the douchebag Rockets and their even douchier fans, I want them to beat the Jazz tonight. UTA is a legitimate challenger to us for playoff seeding. HOU is not. They re in a free fall and will likely drop to the 9th seed and stay there - especially after we beat them on Thursday. So, HOU winning tonight moves us further ahead of the Jazz and that's a good thing.
This Houston game is going to be HUGE on Thursday night.
Portland currently has a 2 game lead in the standings. If Houston wins, it's down to 1. If Portland wins, it will be 3 AND Portland will have the head-to-head tie breaker effectively pushing it to a 4-game lead in the standings over the 9th placed team for the playoffs.
Why did Gobert only play 26 minutes in a OT game? I see he was 0-3 with 3 rebounds, but I would think he would be effective against Harden driving the lane. I guess they were forced to go small.