HOUSTON — Coach J.B. Bickerstaff made history on Friday night when the Detroit Pistons defeated the Houston Rockets with a 115-111 win at Toyota Center. The victory gave him his 300th win as a head coach, making him the 78th coach in league history to reach the milestone.

The accomplishment also represented a significant personal accomplishment for Bickerstaff. He and his father, Bernie Bickerstaff, became the first father-son coaching duo in NBA history to reach 300 wins. Bickerstaff credits his father for laying the foundation of his 10-year coaching career, which goes beyond the X’s and O’s of basketball.

“One of the things that I’ve admired about him is that he just told people the truth, no matter who they are or how hard it was going to be,” Bickerstaff said. “He was able to have

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