Tomorrow is the NBA finale, and the Rockets will play the Nuggets at home, because they previously locked up the second place in the West, and the Rockets have 2 games off. But the Rockets don't intend to give up, and only Tate can't play on their latest injury list, but it doesn't matter if he's a fringe player. Basically, the Rockets are fully played, and the Nuggets have been listed as having a high probability of playing for this big battle. For the Rockets, this is an opportunity to pick and choose opponents. Udoka's choice is to have the Nuggets or the Grizzlies, or the Warriors and the Clippers.

If the Rockets win, the Nuggets could even go to seventh in the West. The main thing is that tomorrow is also a big battle between the Clippers and the Warriors, the Nuggets lose, the Clippers win the Warriors, and the Clippers rise to fourth in the West. If the Warriors win the Clippers and the Nuggets win the Rockets, the Clippers go to seventh place in the West. If the Warriors win the Clippers and the Rockets win the Nuggets, the Clippers are guaranteed to finish fifth in the West. This also means that the Rockets control the lifeblood of the Clippers, and as long as they win against the Nuggets, the Clippers can lock up the playoffs against the Warriors.

Will the Rockets, as Harden's mother, help the Clippers? In fact, from a realistic point of view, the Rockets have an incentive to help the Clippers. The main reason is that no matter who goes to seventh between the Clippers and the Warriors, the Rockets will not be easy to play. The Clippers have a horrible 3-0 record in their last 0 games, and they are not a play-in team at all, but a top-four team in the West or even a championship level. The Harden and Leonard duo, plus a bunch of instant jigsaw puzzles, the Clippers are very strong.

The Warriors are also an opponent that the Rockets are afraid of, and they can be called bloodline suppression. Since 4, the Rockets have faced the Warriors in 0 playoffs, all of which have been lost. They are 0-0, 0-0, 0-0 and 0-0. In the past 0 seasons, the Warriors and Rockets have also played against each other. In addition, the referees will definitely be more friendly to the Warriors, although the Rockets are second in the West, but the referees will not build momentum for young people. If the Rockets meet the Warriors in the first round, there is a high probability of being blackened. In contrast, the Nuggets recently got out of the team, and there was chaos within the team.

This is a good opportunity for the Rockets, plus the Nuggets' defense is extremely poor, the Rockets' defense is the top three in the league, the Rockets and the Nuggets are very similar in terms of ball style, but they are younger and more energetic, Shen Jing is Jokic, Jalen Green is Murray, Smith is Gordon, Ethan is Porter Jr., but the Rockets also have Van Jordan, Dillon, Amen and other giants, and Adams on the bench.

火箭完全可以一石二鳥，間接説明哈登保住季後賽的席位，然後自己挑選掘金和灰熊作為首輪對手。哈登其實對火箭也是有貢獻的，21年火箭把哈登交易到籃網，換來4個首輪4個互換權。其中有2個首輪簽已經兌現，一個是17號簽的伊森，一個是探花簽的謝潑德。去年休賽期火箭又把2個籃網選秀權還給籃網換來太陽25年，27年，29年的選秀權，目前火箭手中還有籃網27年的首輪互換權。

太陽25年則是首輪互換權，都是無保護的。也就是說今年火箭可以一邊衝擊冠軍，一邊拿太陽高順位簽選人或者交易。目前太陽戰績已經鎖定聯盟倒數第十，已經有14%概率抽中前四的簽，也有3%的概率抽中狀元簽。去年籃網就是運氣爆表為火箭抽中一個探花簽，今年的太陽還不好還能給火箭驚喜。而這些選秀權都來自哈登的交易，相比別的球星直接離隊，哈登為火箭的貢獻還不錯。