Magic Numbers Against the Western Conference

Here are the MIRACLE Numbers after most games played on April 20:

                                Games  H2H        Div       Con  Over  Hou MIRACLE   Opp Magic
     Team         W/L    H2H    Left   TB   Div   TB   Conf  TB   TB     Number      Number
    1 Spurs      46-16   2-2    None    T  12-4    L  32-13   L   No*             ...Clinched
    2 Thunder    46-17   2-2    None    T   N/A    X  33-12   L   No*             ...Clinched
    3 Lakers     40-24   2-1    None    W   N/A    X  31-15   L   Yes*            ...Clinched
    4 Clippers   39-24   0-3    None    L   N/A    X  28-19   L   No*             ...Clinched
    5 Grizzlies  39-25   2-2    None    T   7-8    W  26-22   L   No*             ...Clinched
    6 Nuggets    35-28   1-3    None    L   N/A    X  20-26   W   No*             ...Clinched
    7 Mavericks  36-29   0-3    None    L   8-5    L  26-22   L   No*             ...Clinched
    8 Jazz       34-30   1-2    None    L   N/A    X  23-23   L   No*       4            1
  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    9 Suns       33-31   2-2    None    T   N/A    X  23-23   L   No*       3            2
   10 Rockets    33-31                      5-8       22-25
   11 Blazers    28-36   3-0    None    W   N/A    X  20-26   W   Yes*    Stifled...           
   12 Wolves     26-38   1-3    None    L   N/A    X  19-27   W   No*     Mounted...
   13 Warriors   22-41   2-1    None    W   N/A    X  15-30   W   Yes*    Scalped...       
   14 Kings      20-43   3-0    None    W   N/A    X  15-31   W   Yes*    Deposed...
   15 Hornets    20-43   1-1      1H    T  3-10    W  13-32   W   Yes     Exterminated...

* Indicates the Tie Break is final
Hou Magic Number is Hou Wins + Opp Losses needed for Rockets to clinch record over that team.
Opp Magic Number is Opp Wins + Hou Losses needed for respective opponent to clinch a better record than the Rockets.

NBA Tie Break rules:
(1) Division leader wins tie from team not leading a division
(2) Head-to-head W-L percentage
(3) Division W-L percentage if all tied teams are in the same division
(4) Conference W-L percentage
(5) W-L Percentage vs. Playoff teams, own conference
(6) W-L Percentage vs. Playoff teams, other conference
(7) Net Points, all games

For Houston to make the playoffs, the following has to happen:

1. Rockets win out.
2. Suns beats Jazz.
3. Both Suns and Jazz lose final game.

Team  W-L  GA  TBP
Uta   2-0  2.0  2 
Pho   1-1  1.0  2
Hou   1-1   -   2
TBP: Games to be played
GA: Games ahead including tiebreakers

Sunday’s big games for playoffs:
Rockets @ Heat