Rockets, Pistons still playing hard in lost seasons

In the last game of their final extended road trip of a long season, the Houston Rockets labored hard to make the most of the opportunity at hand.

But then the fourth quarter commenced and the Rockets continued a trend that has come to define their youthful roster. Houston surrendered 37 points in the final period of their 123-114 loss to the Brooklyn Nets on Wednesday, a defeat that completed a winless five-game road tr