HOUSTON -- The Rockets are still chasing the Utah Jazz for home-court advantage in the opening round of the playoffs.That, however, isn't their prime concern over the final two weeks of the regular season.While opening the postseason inside Toyota Center would be a nice bonus, the Rockets are more concerned with trying to get back on a roll and regaining their swagger heading into the playoffs.Since a surprising setback in Oklahoma City on March 25, the Rockets have dropped four of their past eight games including three straight in their own building. Houston coach Jeff Van Gundy has been so troubled by his team's recent play that he finds himself tinkering with the team's rotation.The Rockets will try to rediscover some momentum Monday night when they visit the Seattle Supersonics."We have to seize the opportunity in front of us because it could be the best one that we get," Rockets coach Jeff Van Gundy said. "You want to try to be playing your very best right now. Not necessarily to build momentum, but to build your confidence and trust that's how we're going to go about it in the playoffs. I do not want us to stumble to the finish line. I've been around long enough to know that's not a good recipe for playoff success."The Rockets have a favorable enough schedule over the final two weeks to get on a hot streak. Following Sunday's game against Sacramento, Houston will play three of its final five games against teams with a losing record. With that said, Rockets shooting guard Luther Head said his team should be more concerned with improving their own play over the final stretch of the regular season rather than worrying about their matchups."We've got injuries and everything else, so you can't look at it like that," Head said. "We might have a favorable schedule, but it's going to be hard on us because we've got to find a way to play better." The Rockets have a list of concerns that they'd like to resolve before opening the playoffs.Besides needing a healthy Tracy McGrady and Yao Ming, the Rockets need to find a rotation around them. Van Gundy has been disappointed in the team's bench play of late, forcing him to activate Bonzi Wells and examine his rotation over the final seven games of the regular season."I'm a bit unsettled by some of the play we've gotten off our bench," Van Gundy said. "It's not hard enough. It's not smart enough. It's not good enough." The Rockets are even seeking more consistency on both ends of the floor, especially on offense when one of their two stars are rendered ineffective against a swarming defense. "We've got to get back to playing hard," Head said. "We've gotten this far because we've defended, rebounded and held team's to a low shooting percentage. We can get back to doing what we do." Above all else, Van Gundy wants his team to play with more of a sense of urgency. Despite having a chance to move ahead of Utah for home-court advantage on April 1, the coach didn't feel like his team had the appropriate response. "We needed to seize that game against Utah," Van Gundy said. "I'm still baffled, befuddled and perplexed (by that game). That was the most significant regular season game in many of our guys' career because it was the one game that could have tipped the balance of our destiny for home-court advantage. And to come out and play the way we did in that first quarter and play the last 16 minutes like that, it bothers me." The Rockets might not end up catching the Jazz because of that performance. But if they can learn from that effort, it could have an impact when the playoffs begin. "We can't have this letdown," Rockets forward Chuck Hayes said. "Not now. We can't do this going into the postseason."

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