The Rockets (50-29) know they'll face the Utah Jazz in the first round, but the two teams are still wrestling for home-court advantage in their upcoming series. Houston has a 1 1/2 game lead over the Jazz in the race.
Despite running off three straight road wins to grab the lead from the Jazz, the Rockets are well aware that they can't slip at this point in the season if they want to open the playoffs at home for the first time since 1997.
"The next two games are very important," said Rockets point guard Rafer Alston, refererring to his team's back-to-back home games against the Hornets and Phoenix Suns. "It's not going to be easy, but we have to establish ourselves at home."
Rockets look to inch closer towards home-court edge
04-13-2007, 08:30 PM
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