Houston Rockets GM Daryl Morey isn’t expecting the NBA to go straight to the playoffs, assuming the 2019-20 season eventually resumes after its current hiatus for the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
But even though the expectation is for some regular-season games to be played, the team is making preparations in case they are not.
Should the league go straight to the playoffs, the Rockets (40-24) would be the No. 6 seed in the Western Conference and slated to face the No. 3 Denver Nuggets (43-22). The Rockets and Nuggets split four meetings this season, with each team winning their two home games.
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In a Facebook Q&A Sunday accompanying a documentary showing about the 2007-08 Rockets, Morey indicated that the current team was preparing to face the Nuggets. After all, even if the initial matchups were to change, they could still play Denver in a later round.
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“We are prepping for playing Denver in case we go right to playoffs,” he wrote. “I don’t think we will go right to playoffs, though. But even when we play regular-season games, it is pretty likely we will play Denver.”
When asked when the NBA would return, Morey said:
I don’t know, but we will be back for sure.
The documentary on the 2007-08 team, centered around their historic winning streak of 22 games, can be viewed below.
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https://www.facebook.com/houstonrockets/videos/211060600122839/