The Houston Rockets and Milwaukee Bucks will play each other twice over the next 8 days. That’s great news for both teams. The Bucks are making a late push for the second seed in the East. They sit two games behind the Philadelphia 76ers for that spot, who are just one game behind the East-leading Brooklyn Nets.
Houston, of course, needs to keep racking up losses. With 10 games left on the schedule, Houston needs to go 3-7 or worse to guarantee a bottom-3 finish. The Rockets would probably like to beat Portland for draft pick reasons, but Houston is playing ten games against playoff or fighting-for-their-playoff-hopes teams down the stretch.