The winner will earn an auto-bid as the West’s No. 7 seed, and will face off against Houston in the first round of the Playoffs. Objectively, the Rockets are likely hoping for a Grizzlies win, as they’ve been the lesser of the two teams recently,

The Houston Rockets don't know yet whom they will face in the first-round of the NBA playoffs - Golden State or Memphis - but they know when it will start. The first-round series will open on Sunday April 20 at Toyota Center,

The organization languished at the bottom of the Western Conference for years after James Harden departed in 2021.