"The Rockets invited the New Orleans Hornets to beat them. They dared them. They begged them. They did everything they could to give the Hornets a game they could not possibly lose.

The Hornets lost it anyway. As if it were all a tease, tormenting a team that did not need the pain, the Rockets blew a 14-point lead, matched the worse offensive quarter in franchise history and fell behind by five in overtime.

As if the forces of the team's streaks in opposite directions commanded it, the Rockets still managed one last run in the final two minutes of overtime to seize a 90-88 win Thursday night at Toyota Center.

The win pushed the Rockets' winning streak to five games, matching their longest since the 2009-10 season and giving them the longest active streak in the NBA. They have won 18 consecutive games when holding teams to fewer than 90 points."