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Alperen Sengun scored 22 points, grabbed eight rebounds while his Houston Rockets earned the second victory in NBA Summer League action in Las Vegas by beating the Detroit Pistons 111-91.

Sengun, 16th pick in this year's NBA draft, played almost 25 minutes and made 8 of 14 field goals, blocked 4 shots, and recorded 3 assists.

In his first Summer League game two days ago, he recorded a 15-15 double-double.

In a duel between #1 and #2 draft picks it was Houston's Jalen Green who came up on top. He scored game-high 25 points and grabbed five rebounds.

The first overall pick, Detroit's Cade Cunningham, had 20 points in 29 minutes of action.

It was the second Pistons' loss in as many games in the Summer League.

Rockets: Jalen Green 25, Alperen Sengun 21, KJ Martin 16, Josh Christopher 15, Khyri Thomas 10.

Pistons: Cade Cunningham 20, Luka Garza 15, Saben Lee 13, Saddiq Bey 12, Tyler Cook 10.

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