The Warriors and Houston are now tied in the standings at 45-35. But Golden State lost three of the four meetings against the Rockets, so Houston holds the tie-breaker. So the Warriors now hold the No. 7 seed and Houston the No. 6.
The Warriors still have a shot at the No. 6 seed. They need to win their last two games (Monday vs. San Antonio, Wednesday at Portland) and hope Houston loses one of its last two (Monday at Phoenix, Wednesday at the Lakers).
But it's very likely that SA won't take the GSW game seriously, now that they're now 1 game behind OKC, with OKC playing MIL & SAC in their remaining games. Portland is tanking hard, so they'll lose. Warriors likely winning final 2 games.
HOU has to play PHX and PHX should win this easily as it's tanking hard. If that happens, HOU will likely take Lakers game very seriously, as it'll clinch the #7 spot if it does.
So it'll likely come down to HOU vs LAL game, which is pretty amazing considering it has both the GSW pick relevancy as well as our playoffs hope.
- A HOU wins probably means we'll get #20 pick from GSW. (as well as us potentially being in the playoffs - therefore a #17 pick)
- A LAL wins will probably means GSW gets the better of HOU, we'll get #21 pick from GSW. But it'll also seal our fate and we'll be in the lottery, so a #14 pick for us.