Jeenathan "Nate" Williams is facing a crucial week-and-a-half in the desert. For the Houston Rockets forward, Las Vegas Summer League is serving as a bit of an audition. It's his fourth Summer League, for starters, and his $2.27 million contract becomes guaranteed money on the opening night of the NBA season.

A torrid offensive performance that saw each member of the starting five record a double-digit scoring tally led the Detroit Pistons to a comfortable 104-86 win over the New York Knicks in an NBA 2K26 Summer League battle at Cox Pavilion in Las Vegas on Friday evening.

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