If the Pistons didn’t know what they were missing while Blake Griffin sat out the previous three games, they got a not-so-subtle reminder.
Griffin, who had been out because of a sore left knee, made the Pistons’ first basket — a 3-pointer — and with it, set the tone for the rest of the game. He finished with a career-best nine 3-pointers, surpassing his previous high of six.
He needed more help, though.
Griffin had 44 of his 45 points through the first three quarters, and the Pistons turned a one-point deficit entering the fourth into a 123-110 loss on Friday night at Chesapeake Energy Arena.