The game between the Detroit Pistons and Houston Rockets will take place at Little Caesars Arena on Saturday, January 28 at 7:00 PM ET.
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The Detroit Pistons will welcome the Houston Rockets to Little Caesars Arena for an NBA game on Saturday. The Pistons won 122-130 in their last game over the Nets. Saddiq Bey scored 25 points and the Detroit Pistons won in Brooklyn for the first time in nearly five years, beating the Nets 130-122 on Thursday night.
Alec Burks added 20 for the Pistons, who snapped a four-game losing streak. They were playing for the first time since giving up 150 points in a loss to Milwaukee on Monday, when they were down 49-24 after one quarter. “We just knew we had to start off better than that and just play better throughout the four quarters,” said Bey, who added nine rebounds. “So I think we were very eager just to nip that one in the bud and just keep going.”
The Pistons took advantage of a short-handed Nets team playing the second night of a back-to-back to win at Barclays Center for the first time since April 1, 2018, ending a six-game skid. They had lost seven in a row overall to the Nets. The Pistons closed well in the third, pushing a five-point lead with 2 1/2 minutes to play into a 101-90 advantage headed to the fourth. Bey scored 15 points on 6-for-7 shooting in the period.
The Rockets on the other hand lost 95-113 against the Cavaliers in their last game. The Rockets ended the quarter with an 11-3 run, with five points from rookie TyTy Washington, but they still trailed 97-74 entering the fourth. Tari Eason opened the fourth with a tip-in shot for the Rockets before Garland and Cedi Osman made consecutive 3-pointers to push Cleveland’s advantage to 103-76.
Eason had 18 points and 11 rebounds to lead Houston. The Rockets were without Eric Gordon, Jae’Sean Tate and Kevin Porter Jr. as they lost their second straight since snapping a 13-game skid Monday night.
The Rockets, who have the NBA’s worst record at 11-38, committed 22 turnovers and made just five of 21 3-pointers. Jalen Green, the second overall pick in the 2021 draft, was 2 of 9 for six points after scoring a career-high 42 points in Houston’s win over Minnesota on Monday.
Detroit Pistons: Saddiq Bey, Bojan Bogdanović, Jalen Duren, Jaden Ivey, Alec Burks
Houston Rockets: Kenyon Martin Jr., Jabari Smith Jr., Alperen Şengün, Jalen Green, Josh Christopher
Detroit Pistons: Cory Joseph, Cade Cunningham, Marvin Bagley III
Houston Rockets: Kevin Porter, Jalen Green
The game between the Detroit Pistons and Houston Rockets will take place at Little Caesars Arena on Saturday, January 28 at 7:00 PM ET.
The match between the Brooklyn Nets and New York Knicks will be telecast live on ABC, ESPN3.
| Country | Channel | Date and Time |
| United States | ABC, ESPN3. | January 28 (7:00 PM ET) |
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