No Andre Drummond at all. Only a half with Blake Griffin.
Playing against the versatile and high-scoring Houston Rockets and the league’s leading scorer, James Harden, that’s generally a recipe for a loss for the Pistons.
Not so fast.
Without their best two big men, the Pistons got cooking in the middle quarters and held on down the stretch after a run, taking a surprising, 115-107 victory over the Rockets on Saturday night at Toyota Center.