Houston Rockets Clinch No. 1 Seed In Western Conference

HOUSTON, TX — The Houston Rockets clinched the top seed in the NBA's Western Conference on Thursday night the easy way — by sitting at home. With Golden State's 116-107 loss at home to the Milwaukee Bucks late Thursday, the Rockets locked down the No. 1 playoff seed with seven games remaining in the regular season.

Houston can clinch home-court advantage throughout the playoffs as early as Saturday if they win Friday night at home and the Toronto Raptors fall to the Boston Celtics on Saturday. The Rockets need just two wins to clinch it otherwise.

Here's the current playoff scenario if they started today.

Golden State, which had won the Western Conference and had the league's best record each of the last three seasons, has lost three-consecutive games and seven of its last 10 without Steph Curry and Kevin Durant in the lineup.

Houston will play Phoenix at home tonight at 7 p.m. and will travel to face San Antonio on Sunday.

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Image: Chris Paul (3) of the Houston Rockets at American Airlines Center on March 11, 2018 in Dallas, Texas. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)