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The Rockets are locked into the No. 2 seed and had the chance to rest many of their starters last game. The Lakers need to win one of their two remaining games to lock in the No.

After resting six regulars in Los Angeles on Wednesday, I doubt the Houston Rockets will rest all of those players again. Instead, I think tonight will look more like a preseason game where the starters and rotation players handle the first half and maybe part of the third quarter before handing the keys over to the players we saw getting tons of minutes on Wednesday night.