{"id":433974,"date":"2026-01-24T07:38:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-24T07:38:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/433974\/"},"modified":"2026-01-24T07:38:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T07:38:09","slug":"kevin-durants-32-points-lead-rockets-to-road-win-over-pistons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/433974\/","title":{"rendered":"Kevin Durant’s 32 points lead Rockets to road win over Pistons"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kevin Durant scored 32 points, leading the Houston Rockets to a 111-104<\/a> road win over the Detroit Pistons in a matchup of top NBA playoff contenders on Friday night.<\/p>\n

Durant reached the 30-point mark for the second consecutive game and the third time in his past five games.<\/p>\n

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After the two teams were tied at 52 at halftime, the Rockets outscored the Pistons 34-20 in the third quarter with Reed Sheppard tallying 10 points during the surge.<\/p>\n

Detroit went on an 11-1 run powered by five points from Isaiah Stewart during the first two minutes of the fourth. That closed the margin to 87-83. But a 3-pointer by Jabari Smith Jr. steadied Houston and Alperen \u015eeng\u00fcn followed with a jumper to restore the lead to 92-83.<\/p>\n

The Pistons cut the deficit to 94-91 on 3-pointers from Ronald Holland II and Daniss Jenkins. But the Rockets again kept Detroit at a distance with Amen Thompson and Durant knocking down jumpers to stop another Pistons run. A corner 3-pointer from Josh Okogie with 5:19 remaining in the fourth quarter was effectively the knockout blow, giving Houston a 101-93 lead. Detroit could not cut the deficit to below six points from there.<\/p>\n

\u015eeng\u00fcn added 19 points for the Rockets while Sheppard finished with 18. Thompson scored 15 points with nine rebounds, and Smith grabbed 10 boards.<\/p>\n

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The Pistons got only 12 points from Cade Cunningham, who shot 5 of 13 (including 0 for 4 on 3s) from the floor. The All-Star starter<\/a> tallied eight assists, but countered that with a game-high six turnovers. Jalen Duran led Detroit with 18 points, also grabbing 7 rebounds. Stewart scored 16 off the bench, while Holland added 13.<\/p>\n

With the win, Houston rebounded from an overtime loss at Philadelphia<\/a> on Thursday and finished a two-game road trip. The Rockets (27-16) have won five of their past seven games to keep a hold on the No. 4 spot in the Western Conference standings<\/a>. The Phoenix Suns fell to the No. 5 seed with Friday’s 110-103 loss<\/a> to the Atlanta Hawks.<\/p>\n

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Up next for the Rockets is a two-game homestand, playing host to the Memphis Grizzlies and San Antonio Spurs (31-14).<\/p>\n

Detroit drops to 32-11 with the defeat. The loss ended a four-game winning streak for the Pistons. But they have still won eight of their last 11 games.<\/p>\n

The Pistons play the Sacramento Kings (12-34) on Sunday before beginning a three-game Western road trip versus the Golden State Warriors (25-21) on Tuesday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kevin Durant scored 32 points, leading the Houston Rockets to a 111-104 road win over the Detroit Pistons…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":433975,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[574],"tags":[42158,7218,64,63,726,19704,174374,7214,5552,7220,174375,196980,17336,7216,5851,5136,7185,12994,5674,10549,85],"class_list":["post-433974","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-basketball","tag-amen-thompson","tag-atlanta-hawks","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-basketball","tag-cade-cunningham","tag-daniss-jenkins","tag-detroit-pistons","tag-golden-state-warriors","tag-houston-rockets","tag-isaiah-stewart","tag-jabari-smith","tag-josh-okogie","tag-kevin-durant","tag-memphis-grizzlies","tag-philadelphia","tag-phoenix-suns","tag-reed-sheppard","tag-sacramento-kings","tag-san-antonio-spurs","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/433974","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=433974"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/433974\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/433975"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=433974"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=433974"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=433974"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}