The Houston Rockets, Los Angeles Lakers and Indiana Pacers made the biggest playoff impacts on Sunday. Houston went into the Bay Area and ended the Golden State Warriors' winning streak, the Lakers upset the Oklahoma City Thunder and Indiana knocked off the Denver Nuggets on the road.

The LA Lakers held on for a 104-98 home victory over the Houston Rockets on Monday, gaining critical ground in the Western Conference standings.

With less than one week remaining in the regular season, teams around the NBA have started to lock up their positions in the standings ahead of the playoffs on April 19. The top six teams in each conference will earn an outright playoff berth at the conclusion of the regular season.

Still, the Rockets won a big game against the Thunder that many thought they would lose, and are riding some good play of their own. Houston is on the nightmare California road tr

That brings us to tonight’s matchup. The Rockets became the second team to clinch a playoff spot in the West and are now hoping to wrap up the 2 seed. Houston is almost guaranteed to have home court advantage in the first round, but the Rockets can now get greedy.

The Houston Rockets (51-27) begin their final road trip of the regular season with a game against the Golden State Warriors (46-31) on Sunday at Chase Center, which will have big implications for the Western Conference playoff race.