The Detroit Pistons had chances to tie the game up late in the fourth, but ultimately fell short against the Houston Rockets Sunday afternoon.

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.

We’re a team that are competitors who don’t ever like to lose and just wanted to come out here and get in the win column.”