{"id":329836,"date":"2025-10-24T19:21:23","date_gmt":"2025-10-24T19:21:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/329836\/"},"modified":"2025-10-24T19:21:23","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T19:21:23","slug":"thompson-twins-square-off-as-rockets-host-pistons-in-first-home-game-of-nba-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/329836\/","title":{"rendered":"Thompson twins square off as Rockets host Pistons in first home game of NBA season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">At long last, the Rockets are back in Houston.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 kNAFkD cuqaEv article-text\">After more than five months, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.click2houston.com\/topic\/Houston_Rockets\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.click2houston.com\/topic\/Houston_Rockets\/\">Houston Rockets<\/a> will return to the Toyota Center for their first home game of the 2025-26 NBA regular season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Their opponent? The Detroit Pistons. Friday\u2019s matchup will be the latest chapter in a cross-conference pairing that boasts one of the NBA\u2019s most unique narratives: A matchup between the NBA\u2019s premiere twin brothers. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 kNAFkD cuqaEv article-text\">Houston\u2019s Amen Thompson and Detroit\u2019s Ausar Thompson will be going head-to-head, and it\u2019s safe to assume they\u2019ll get some work in isolation.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 kDvXdO font_openSans articleList\">\n<li class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__StackBase-sc-1fnzlkn-7 ecGWWE iQviKm\"\/><\/ul>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 kNAFkD cuqaEv article-text\">Both Thompsons rose to national prominence after deciding to forgo college basketball in favor of the Overtime Elite professional development league. Amen was drafted to Houston fourth overall in the 2023 NBA Draft. Ausar didn\u2019t have to wait much longer, being taken by Detroit with the very next pick.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 kNAFkD cuqaEv article-text\">The Rockets and Pistons both enter Friday\u2019s showdown looking for their first win, entering with 0-1 records. The Rockets fell to the Oklahoma City Thunder on the road in a 125-124 double-overtime crusher on opening night. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The Pistons\u2019 loss came on Wednesday, when Detroit erased a 23-point deficit and came up just short in a 115-111 loss.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 kNAFkD cuqaEv article-text\"><b>F<\/b><b>ULL RECAP: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.click2houston.com\/news\/local\/2025\/10\/22\/rockets-fall-to-reigning-champion-thunder-in-double-overtime-heartbreaker-on-opening-night-125-124\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Rockets fall to reigning champion Thunder in double overtime heartbreaker on opening night, 125-124<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Tip-off is scheduled for 7 p.m. from the Toyota Center. You can catch the action on the Space City Home Network.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2025 by KPRC Click2Houston &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"At long last, the Rockets are back in Houston. 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