They're tanking to keep that 2nd seed cuz they don't want to see OKC in the 2nd round.
Like them or not, Houston has been on a tear. GS would have to win 3+ games more than Houston in the few games remaining in order to move up to the #1. That's not going to happen so the #2 spot is where we are locked in at. Additionally, we're somewhere around 11 games or so above the #3 seed...so again, we're locked in at the #2. We're not trying to stay there, it's where we are basically locked in. We're not trying to avoid anyone...
And time will prove me right or wrong, I'm not concerned about any team beating us in a 7 game series, however, ignoring how well Houston is playing is stupid. Everyone else though is
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