FAST BREAKDOWN
Three quick observations from Wednesday night’s 123-114 win over the Houston Rockets...
SLAM DUNK – The Pistons began the second half of the season just as they began the first half – with a road win over a team that made it to the conference finals last spring. The win at Houston was notable for Houston’s aggressive employment of the tactic of intentionally fouling Andre Drummond. The Rockets opened the third quarter with little-used K.J. McDaniels fouling him five times in the first nine seconds. Drummond shot 16 free throws in less than three minutes and Houston erased a nine-point halftime deficit shortly after Drummond went to the bench, hitting 4 of 16 foul shots.