On a bad day for Alperen Sengun and Jalen Green, the shooting inside Toyota Center was nearly as frigid as Houston’s snowy weather outside.

Cade Cunningham scored 19 of his game-high 32 points in the third quarter while Jalen Duren added a double-double without missing a shot as the visiting Detroit Pistons beat the Houston Rockets 107-96 on Monday afternoon.

Before Monday’s matchup began, Cade Cunningham stressed the importance of this game for the Detroit Pistons. He called for a rare, emergency, last-minute team meeting at the free-throw line near Detroit’s bench roughly 10 minutes before tipoff.

Cade Cunningham has helped lead the Detroit Pistons to a 22-21 record, an 18-win improvement from this time last year.

"It's exactly that, we want to compete against each other," Cunningham said on TNT's NBA Tuesday when asked about the rivalry. "They've always put us up against each other since high school as far as who is better,

Cade Cunningham reflected on his career-long rivalry with Jalen Green while discussing the Detroit Pistons' 107-96 win over the Houston Rockets.