Losers of three of their last four games, the Houston Rockets are desperately needing to find the rhythm they had weeks ago, where they surged to the top of the Western Conference standings. Their losses haven’t come against pushovers,

Boston narrowly avoided defeat just down the road in Inglewood on Wednesday, scraping by the shorthanded Clippers in overtime behind some hot 3-point shooting in the extra period — including a crucial late triple from little-used reserve Jaden Springer with 34 seconds to play.