An overcooked steak, an omelette with some shell in it, or a bowl of cold soup — none of these meals are ideal, but when you’re hungry, you’d scarf any of them down without taking a breath. That’s what the win-starved Brooklyn Nets did last night, avoiding another late-game collapse to escape with a 106-104 victory over the Houston Rockets.
After leading by double-digits for the game’s majority, Brooklyn’s ship started to sink early in the fourth quarter. A series of self-induced wounds and Houston’s uptick in aggression flooded their deck as time ticked away.