{"id":249974,"date":"2025-10-25T03:43:13","date_gmt":"2025-10-25T03:43:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/249974\/"},"modified":"2025-10-25T03:43:13","modified_gmt":"2025-10-25T03:43:13","slug":"cunninghams-late-free-throws-help-pistons-beat-rockets-115-111","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/249974\/","title":{"rendered":"Cunningham’s late free throws help Pistons beat Rockets 115-111"},"content":{"rendered":"

HOUSTON — – Cade Cunningham<\/a> scored 21 points and made two free throws with 5.5 seconds left to help the Detroit Pistons<\/a> hold on to beat the Houston Rockets<\/a> 115-111 on Friday night.<\/p>\n

Detroit coach J.B. Bickerstaff got his 300th career win, making him and his father Bernie Bickerstaff (419) the first father-son duo to in NBA history to each reach 300 career wins.<\/p>\n

Paul Reed’s layup made it 113-110 before Houston cut the lead to two when Alperen Sengun<\/a> made 1 of 2 free throws with 1:32 remaining.<\/p>\n

Both teams missed 3-point attempts before Detroit’s Ausar Thompson<\/a> missed a 3 with 35 seconds left and Reed blocked Sengun’s shot in the lane 16.4 seconds to go.<\/p>\n

Houston was forced to foul and Cunningham sunk both free throws to make it 115-111 and give the Pistons their first win of the season after they lost to Chicago in their opener.<\/p>\n

Thompson had 19 points for Detroit to outdo identical twin brother Houston’s Amen Thompson<\/a>, who finished with 10.<\/p>\n

Kevin Durant<\/a> had 37 points for the Rockets and was 16 of 18 from the free throw line. He was 3 of 3 from 3-point range after missing all four of his long-range shots Tuesday in his first game with the Rockets after this summer’s blockbuster trade from Phoenix.<\/p>\n

The Pistons led by 5 after a 3-pointer by Cunningham with about 8 minutes to go before Durant scored all of Houston’s points in an 8-3 run to tie it at 101-all midway through the quarter.<\/p>\n

The Rockets trailed by 3 with about five minutes left when Durant tied it at 105 with a 3-pointer.<\/p>\n

Detroit used a 6-0 run to take a 111-105 lead with three minutes left. Jabari Smith<\/a> Jr. hit a 3-pointer for Houston after that and Durant made a pair of free throws to get Houston within 1 with less than two minutes to go.<\/p>\n

Up Next<\/p>\n

Pistons: Host Boston on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Rockets: Host Brooklyn on Monday night.<\/p>\n

——<\/p>\n

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