Feigen, who has won APSE, APME and United States Basketball Writers Association awards from El Campo to Houston, came to Texas in 1981 to cover the Rice Birds, was sports editor in Garland before moving to Dallas to cover everything from the final hurrah of the Southwest Conference to SMU after the death penalty.

For Houston, Alperen Şengün led the way with 27 points and 10 rebounds while aided by Tari Eason (18 points, 9 rebounds) and Jalen Green (15 points, 5 rebounds, 2 steals) in the victory.

The Detroit Pistons were terrible last year, but they still weren’t the worst team in the NBA. That would be the Wizards, Houston’s opponent tomorrow night. For the Houston Rockets, today is about getting back on track after a humbling defeat to the Oklahoma City Thunder.