Pistons vs. Rockets preview: MLK Day matinee game

Everybody loves a matchup between the number one and number two picks from the same draft class, but as you move further from the year of that draft, the individual matchup doesn’t mean as much as it did.

When both of these teams were not any good, I think the Jalen Green-Cade Cunningham matchup meant more to both fanbases since there wasn’t much else to root for. Now that Houston is 2nd in the Western Conference and the Pistons are in the playoff race in the East, the Cade Cunningham-Jalen Green showdown isn’t the must-see TV like it once was, it is just a matchup between two good players looking to win a game.

For the Rockets, this is a game against an inferior team with the opportunity to…