With four games under their belt, the Pistons' big three, Austin Daye, Dajuan Summers, and Jonas Jerebko appear to be much more comfortable playing together.
After a bad third game, where the Pistons looked tired and couldn't keep up with Golden State's frantic pace, the Pistons came back with a blowout win over the New York Knicks, 96-73.
Early on in the first quarter, Jerebko looked to establish an aggressive mindset, getting a nice lay-up and one. He continued that style of play all game, driving hard to the basket from the perimeter on multiple occasions and finished with 13 points and 12 rebounds on 5-for-11 shooting.
Halfway through the third quarter, Jerebko had a clear drive to the basket except for one Knicks forward. When Jonas got to the basket, the Knicks player (possibly Jordan Hill) went up for the block only to have Jerebko make a beautiful mid-air adjustment to score the lay-up.
The real standout of this game was Austin Daye, who finished with 27 points, 13 rebounds, and one block while shooting over 50 percent from the field. Daye showed his versatility by displaying good ball handling skills and also nailing a handful of catch and shoot opportunities.
His ball handling abilities definitely were showcased on a nice shake-and-bake move, in which he was fouled on the shot, to open the second quarter.
Daye and Summers seemed to take over the third quarter with Daye flushing home a hard dunk, then Summers hitting a three-point shot, seconds after rolling in a lay-up.
In fact, Summers had a rough shooting night in the first half, but managed to turn it on to start the third quarter and kept it going the rest of the game.
Summers finished with 26 points, eight rebounds, and one block on 11-for-21 shooting. Summers continued to be a brute force for the Pistons in the paint, knocking players to the ground while going for lay-ups and slamming down hard jams.
Deron Washington had a ho-hum type of game. He only managed five points, five rebounds, and two assists.
He did however show good awareness by getting his hands on a few passes and even managed to save a ball from going out of bounds by throwing it off of a Knicks player. This was not one of his better outings though.
Lastly, Sean Singletary played a very respectable game.
He finished with 15 points, six assists, two steals, and only one turnover all while shooting 5-for-8 from the field. He even rebounded well for a guard, hauling in five boards.
He had a very nice dump inside to Jerebko for an easy two in the last minute of the game.
It looks like Singletary might be the front runner for the Pistons third point guard spot if Joe Dumars is looking at the summer league roster to address that need.
Notes: I missed covering game three because of work related circumstances, but I will definitely be covering game five versus the Cleveland Cavaliers.
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