WASHINGTON -- While James Harden and the Houston Rockets aim for better results on their five-game road trip, the Washington Wizards hope the return of John Wall leads to a needed win.The Rockets (3-3) and Wizards (1-3) meet for the first of two games this season on Monday night after both sides lost on the road Saturday.Harden nearly pulled off a triple-double, but his 30 points, 12 assists and nine rebounds in Atlanta were in vain as the Hawks controlled the Rockets for a 112-97 win.Houston committed 25 turnovers, including six by Harden, and Atlanta shot 52.9 percent from the field.The Atlanta frontcourt of Dwight Howard, Paul Millsap and Kent Bazemore combined for 63 points on 25-of-42 shooting from the field as the Rockets fell to 1-2 on their road swing.At some point, weve got to guard a guy, Houston coach Mike DAntoni said. We didnt really get down and guard. We didnt battle hard enough.Harden ranks fourth in the NBA in scoring (31.5) and leads all players with 12.3 assists.Walls 10.0 assists slots Washingtons point guard third overall. Hell have a chance to improve that stat after sitting out Saturdays 88-86 loss at Orlando.The Wizards plan, according to coach Scott Brooks, involves resting the three-time All-Star in back-to-back game scenarios for the time being after Wall had two knee procedures during the offseason.The Wizards led 70-61 entering the fourth quarter on Saturday but soon fell back as the Magic scored 16 straight points. Late-game fades and spotty bench production have provided with an unwanted narrative early in the season.We have to find a way to be able to get stops and to be able to score the ball, Wizards guard Bradley Beal said. We have to do one or the other. The biggest thing we can control is our defense and that is all about effort and just wanting to play.I think Coach is pretty fed up with the way we are playing and I think he is going to start playing guys who want to play and guys who want to show up.Markieff Morris led the Wizards with 18 points, but his 3-point attempt at the buzzer missed after Washington took possession with 0.7 of a second remaining.We had a good look, Brooks said of Morris open shot off the inbounds pass. We cannot complain about having a chance to win the game on the road on a back-to-back. Our guys battled hard. They have nothing to be ashamed of.Unfortunately, we didnt get the win. We played well enough to win this game, though.The meeting is the first for former Wizards player Nene against his former team after playing parts of the previous five seasons in Washington. 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Damian Lillard continues to feed his off-the-court passion for music under the stage name Dame D.O.L.L.A., releasing a new single titled Hero over SoundCloud on Tuesday.The song is about hope and determination, as detailed in Dames opening verse:I want to see us all rise above that poverty line / Teach em how to cross their Ts, put a dot on them Is / Lot of folks fell victim, how a lot of them died / Swallow pride to survive and it got me some time.Lillard worked with Grammy-winning singer/songwriter/producer Raphael Saadiq, who is also froom?the point guards hometown of Oakland, California, to produce this latest track for #songsfromscratch, a series from Yours Truly and Adidas originals.dddddddddddd The art for the new song appears to be of the two working together in the studio, with Dame on the mic and Saadiq at the drum set.??Lillard and the Blazers will open the regular season at home vs. the Utah Jazz on Tuesday, Oct. 25.-- Sarah Scrivens? ' ' '