I'm becoming more and more convinced that just keeping the number two seed might be the best scenario for us.
Toronto is clearly been much worse without Lowry, but he's expected back right before the playoffs, which will make them much, much better. If we get the number one seed, then we'll be playing one of Toronto or Atlanta in the second round, because Toronto simply isn't going to catch up to Washington or us, as evidenced by their blow-out tonight in Miami. Both of these teams are pretty bad matchups for us compared to Washington, so all in all keeping the second seed might be preferable.
Home court advantage won't really matter against Cleveland in the East anyways, and, hell, if we'd get a couple game lead on Washington we might even be able to rest players some games, specifically our heavy use guys like IT, Smart, Crowder, and Al.