With a 3-0 record going in, the Houston Rockets know that if they improve to 4-0 on Thursday night, they will qualify for the NBA’s 2023 summer-league playoffs (format) in Las Vegas. Each team owning a top-four record after four games, with average point differential used to break any ties, advances to a four-team playoffs.
For Houston, the math is simple. Entering Thursday, the Rockets were one of only four summer teams still unbeaten. Thus, if they stay that way after facing Golden State, they play in Sunday’s semifinals. A win in that game would place them in Monday’s championship.
