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Houston Rockets at Detroit Pistons

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6-4, 3-2 Away
Final
101 - 99

4-7, 2-4 Home

Alperen Sengun scores 27 to lead Rockets to 101-99 win over Pistons

Houston Rockets vs. Detroit Pistons: Game Highlights

Trailing 101-99 with six seconds left, Pistons' guard Cade Cunningham intentionally missed a free throw and Jaden Ivey got the offensive rebound. His shot missed, but Tobias Harris was fouled on the rebound.

With a chance to tie the game with one second to go, Harris missed the first free throw. He intentionally missed the second, but Ivey fell out of bounds trying to secure the rebound.

Sengun added 10 rebounds, and Tari Eason scored 10 of his 18 points in the fourth quarter.

Cunningham had 26 points, nine assists and eight rebounds, falling just short of becoming the first Pistons player to record four straight triple-doubles.

Sengun's putback gave the Rockets a 96-95 lead with 2:28 to play, and Jaden Ivey was called for an offensive foul on the next possession. Houston got another putback, this one a dunk from Dillon Brooks, before Sengun scored Houston's third straight basket off an offensive rebound to make it 100-95.

Takeaways Rockets: Houston was able to stay in the game in the first half despite shooting 18.8% (3 of 16) on 3-pointers by recording nine offensive rebounds.

Pistons: Cunningham had 14 first-half points on 5-of-10 shooting, but his teammates only managed 31 on 36.3% (12 of 33) from the floor.

Key moment The Rockets led 84-72 with nine minutes left, but Malik Beasley hit three 3-pointers in a 16-3 run that put Detroit up 88-87 with 5:16 left.

Key stat Houston forced seven third-quarter turnovers that led to eight points and held the Pistons to 36.8% shooting. Detroit missed all five 3-point attempts, including three by Tim Hardaway Jr.

Up next The Rockets host the Wizards on Monday, while the Pistons host the Heat on Tuesday.

Regular Season Series

HOU leads series 1-0

Matchup Prediction

Pistons: 34.1%
Rockets: 65.9%
*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Recent Plays

4th 0.0 End of Game 101 - 99
4th 0.0 End of the 4th Quarter 101 - 99
4th 1.0 Pistons offensive team rebound 101 - 99
4th 1.0 Tobias Harris misses free throw 2 of 2 101 - 99
4th 1.0 Pistons offensive team rebound 101 - 99

Statistics

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38-93 FG 36-84
40.9 Field Goal % 42.9
7-34 3PT 11-34
20.6 Three Point % 32.4
18-24 FT 16-23
75.0 Free Throw % 69.6
53 Rebounds 46
17 Offensive Rebounds 11
36 Defensive Rebounds 35
19 Assists 21
10 Steals 6
5 Blocks 6
11 Turnovers 18
1 Team Turnovers 0
12 Total Turnovers 18
3 Technical Fouls 2
3 Total Technical Fouls 2
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
14 Points Conceded Off Turnovers 19
10 Fast Break Points 10
50 Points in Paint 46
21 Fouls 21
13 Largest Lead 5

Game Information

Little Caesars Arena

Location: Detroit, MI
Attendance: 18,744 · Capacity:

2024-25 Southwest Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Houston 20 9 .690 - W3
Memphis 20 10 .667 0.5 L1
Dallas 19 10 .655 1 W2
San Antonio 15 14 .517 5 L1
New Orleans 5 25 .167 15.5 L7

2024-25 Central Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Cleveland 26 4 .867 - W5
Milwaukee 16 12 .571 9 W2
Indiana 15 15 .500 11 W5
Chicago 13 17 .433 13 L2
Detroit 13 17 .433 13 W2
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