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.

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

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.