The Detroit News
Detroit — When the schedule was released before the season, the Pistons’ home game against the Houston Rockets was one of the marquee matchups with the top two picks in the draft squaring off.
That plot didn’t materialize, as the Rockets’ Jalen Green missed the game because of a hamstring injury.
The rest of the Rockets were formidable without Green, as they stretched to a double-digit lead in the third quarter and extended the advantage in the fourth. The Pistons rallied, but the Rockets held on for a 116-107 win on a Saturday matinee at Little Caesars Arena.