FAST BREAKDOWN
Three quick observations from Saturday night’s 115-107 win over the Houston Rockets at Toyota Center
IT TAKES A VILLAGE – All things considered, not a bad road trip. The Pistons went 2-1, losing in Mexico City but winning both games on this side of the border. And their win at Houston to wrap it up – without Andre Drummond for all of it and Blake Griffin for the second half – was the undisputed highlight. It took a little bit from everybody who was available to get it done. Derrick Rose turned it on in the fourth quarter, scoring 10 points to finish with 20 points and a season-high 12 assists, and the Pistons protected a 10-point halftime lead and withstood the second-half assault from James Harden to beat the Rockets.