NBA Finals Score & Recap: Poor shooting sends Rockets to bad 107-96 loss vs. Pistons

The Houston Rockets haven’t had many bad losses this season, but they had one this afternoon on MLK Day, taking an underwhelming loss. Detroit Pistons team at home and couldn’t hit the wide side of the barn in a bad 107-96 loss.

The Rockets shot 39 percent from the floor as a team and were just 11-for-39 from deep and also committed 16 offensive turnovers. Meanwhile, the Pistons cut through Houston’s defense on 47 percent shooting from the field, and Cade Cunningham had 32 points, 9 rebounds and 7 assists to spark a big Detroit third quarter that put them in command of the game. ,

The Rockets were led by Fred VanVleet, who had 20 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists and 6 steals on 7-for-15 from the field, and they also got 19 points from Jalen Green, although he was just 8-for-21 shooting. , and they got 17 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists and 3 steals from Amen Thompson, who shot 7-for-14 from the field, the best of any Houston starter.

Alperen Sengun had an off game, scoring just 11 more points along with 8 rebounds and 5 assists on just 5-for-14 shooting from the floor, and Cam Whitmore had 10 points and 6 rebounds off the bench while shooting 4-for- 9 from the floor and just 2-for-7 from deep. Tari Eason grabbed 5 steals but had just 8 points on 2-for-7 shooting.

The Rockets fall to 28-14 on the season and are down to just a half-game lead over the Memphis Grizzlies for second in the Western Conference. They are back in action on Wednesday when they start a home-and-home series with Cleveland Cavaliersalso play them on Friday. We will really see what the Rockets are made of as they cannot afford to lose both games for the playoffs.