Rockets Still Rolling Despite Sunday Loss

HOUSTON, TX — The Houston Rockets played one of their more lethargic games of the season on Sunday in San Antonio. In a season when they can turn on the jets at the flip of a switch, they've stay on way more often than they've been off.

The Rockets may have lost to the Spurs, 100-83, on Sunday, but the game doesn't matter in the standings for Houston or the fact that the road to the NBA championship will go through the Toyota Center.

And though the Rockets only made seven 3-pointers on Sunday at a 22.6 percentage clip, James Harden's step-back 3 in the third quarter was No. 1,182, surpassing the mark set last season. They broke the mark they set in the 2016-17 season.

Ironically, the Rockets made just 7 of 31 (22.6 percent) 3-pointers -- their fewest made 3s in any game this season. The Spurs won 100-83, snapping Houston's 11 game winning streak.

Houston (62-15) has five more games remaining in the regular season, including the next three at home:

• April 3 vs Washington Wizards, 7 p.m. (Toyota Center)
• April 5 vs Portland Trail Blazers, 7 p.m. (Toyota Center)
• April 7 vs OKC Thunder, 7:30 p.m. (Toyota Center)
• April 10 at Los Angeles Lakers, 9:30 p.m. (Staples Center)
• April 11 at Sacramento Kings, 9:30 p.m. (Golden 1 Center)

The playoff scenario for the Western Conference is still murky as only Houston and Golden State have clinched postseason berths and the conference's top two seeds. Here's the playoff matchups if they started today.

Top image: PJ Tucker (4) of the Houston Rockets takes a hard fall after battling Patty Mills (8) of the San Antonio Spurs for the ball at AT&T Center on April 1 , 2018 in San Antonio, Texas. (Photo by Ronald Cortes/Getty Images)