In an NBA match up, the Houston Rockets will host the Detroit Pistons at the Toyota Center on Monday night. The Rockets have won 28 of their 41 games this season to place them second in the Western Conference while the Pistons have 21 wins and 21 losses to place them ninth in the Eastern Conference.
The Houston Rockets have been in good form, having won their sixth game in seven on Sunday, courtesy of a 125-103 away victory over the Trail Blazers.
Jalen Green and Alperen Sengun were both able to score more than 20 points. Collectively, Houston converted field goals at 44% and three-point field goals at 14 of 31. They were able to score 74 points on the second half towards a victory.
The Rockets have scored 114.2 points per game this season, ranking them twelfth overall while conceding only 107.9 points per game ranking fourth in the league.
On the other hand, the Detroit Pistons has won 10 out of 14 and they will enter this in a bid to stand for victory this time after they have lost a 125-121 to the suns in their previous match on Sunday.
Detroit were right in the fight until the final period when the Suns applied the final nail with a 9-4 spurt to carry them home in the last stretch.
Already in this season, the Pistons are average at both offense and defense, ranking 15th in the score of 112.3 and 16th in the score of 113.5. It is for the first time this season that the Detroit Pistons have been sent packing in two successive games. Only in the recent week, the team was defeated in their home ground by Phoenix Suns 125-121 at the Little Caesars Arena. Tobias Harris added 21 points on the night with Cade Cunningham and Jalen Duren chipping in 20 and 15 respectively.
Now Houston Rockets are also two times winners in their home ground. Lasce they ensured their record through a 125-103 road triumph against trail blazers of Portland at the Moda center. Jalen Green scored 26 points, Alperen Sengun scored and grabbed 23 points and 15 rebounds, respectively; Dillon Brooks scored 22 points.
In their most recent game against the Pistons, the Rockets won 101-99. The venue for this matchup was Little Caesars Arena. The Rockets have defeated the Pistons six times in a row. In the last ten head-to-head meetings, they have won seven of them.
In their last three games, the Pistons have won two of them. One of those victories came against the New York Knicks, who were a very good club. The Pistons did a fantastic job of scoring in the two victories. Detroit scored 123 and 124 points in their two victories, however the Pistons lost to the Indiana Pacers after only scoring 100 points. The Pistons need to play offensively like that on Monday afternoon.
One of the NBA's top defensive teams is the Rockets. They have the fourth-lowest point average in the NBA, giving up just 107.9 points per game. Furthermore, the Rockets confine opponents to the third-lowest percentage of field goals and the third-fewest three-pointers per game. Additionally, the Rockets will force a few turnovers. Houston's success this season has mostly been attributed to their defense, which should continue on Monday afternoon.
In November, the Rockets defeated the Pistons. In a two-point victory, they gave up 99 points. Houston limited the Rockets to 42.9 percent from the field and 32.4 percent from outside the arc in the victory.
