HOUSTON — Dwight Howard sat at his locker, as supine as the chair at his locker would allow, looking like a knockout victim. Sports wrap held huge bags of ice against his knees, his standard postgame recovery ritual, but he also held one against his upper lip to limit the swelling. With the embarrassing defeat - the game was tied at the end of the first and second quarters, but the Warriors blew it open with a 41-point third period - the Rockets are one loss from the end of their season. [...] should he opt out of his contract and leave this offseason, as so many predict, there will be no such thing as the Dwight Howard Era with the Rockets. Granted it was a marketing thing, but Howard's installation into the Rockets' "Legacy of Bigs" when he arrived as a free agent signee before the 2013-14 season has almost turned into an insult to those who came before. Elvin Hayes (seven seasons), Moses Malone (six), Ralph Sampson (five), Hakeem Olajuwon (17) and Yao Ming (seven) all spent more of their Hall of Fame careers in Houston than Howard will have on Wednesday night when the Warriors pull the plug on the Rockets. The frustration on both sides was on full display In Game 4...