Rockets drop franchise-tying 17th consecutive game vs. Hawks

POOL PHOTOS-USA TODAY Sports It’s a shame that the Houston Rockets play basketball instead of horseshoes.

Maybe they’d win some of the close games they’ve dropped over the course of a franchise-tying 17th consecutive loss, including Tuesday night’s game against the Hawks by a score of 119-107.

The score might not indicate it, but this game was close compared to most of the games that we’ve seen in this losing streak, which is now at Day 40.

It certainly felt like a rerun when the Rockets found themselves down 23 early in the first half, but the Rockets found a way to stay in the ball game. They began to chip away, especially when they started hitting their threes. The team shot 38.2% from the…