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Rockets’ Only Hope: Beat The Heat, Pray For Rain

by Tom Ziller

According to PlayoffStatus.com, the Houston Rockets have less than a 1 percent chance of making the Western Conference Playoffs at this point. That could become 0 percent on Sunday ... unless the Rockets can knock off the Miami Heat in South Beach (6 p.m. ET, NBA TV).

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