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Thomas Shea-Imagn Images Detroit handles No. 2 team in the west on its home floor If the Detroit Pistons’ current five-game road trip will ultimately define their season, they couldn’t have asked for a better start. Coming off of consecutive losses for the first time in more than a month, the Pistons handled their business on the road against the Houston Rockets 107-96. … [Read more...] about Pistons vs. Rockets final score: Cade Cunningham’s 19-point third quarter pushes Pistons to win

Lon Horwedel-Imagn Images Enjoy a little afternoon basketball on MLK Day Detroit kicks off a five-game road trip with a tough test against the Houston Rockets for some afternoon MLK Day basketball. The Rockets play stifling defense, are on a roll as a team, and have the kinds of offensive weapons that tend to give the Pistons fits in Alperen Sengun and some savvy … [Read more...] about Pistons vs. Rockets GameThread: Game Time, TV, Odds, and More

Lon Horwedel-Imagn Images The Pistons face off against one of the best teams in the West in a matinee showdown. 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 … [Read more...] about Pistons vs. Rockets preview: MLK Day matinee game

Photo by Chris Schwegler/NBAE via Getty Images Detroit’s bigs were invisible and Devin Booker, Kevin Durant and ... uhhh ... Nick Richards were anything but The Detroit Pistons were always in the game against the Phoenix Suns, but nobody was ever able to put their stamp on the game. The Suns had no such issues, with Kevin Durant scoring 38, including 30 in the second … [Read more...] about Pistons vs. Suns final score: Detroit not big enough to battle Phoenix’s stars

Photo by Chris Schwegler/NBAE via Getty Images The Pistons look to stay above .500 against the scuffling Suns The Detroit Pistons want to keep the good times rolling, and that means avoid stringing together consecutive losses for as long as possible. After a disappointing showing against the Indiana Pacers, Detroit will look to right the ship against a surprisingly (or … [Read more...] about Pistons vs. Suns GameThread: Game Time, TV, Odds, and More