The Atlanta Hawks (56 - 19) fell to the Detroit Pistons (29 - 45), 105 - 95, on Tuesday at The Palace of Auburn Hills. Both teams got off to torrid starts on the offensive end, with the Pistons opening the game shooting 10 - of - 11 from the floor and the Hawks hitting seven of their first 10 shots. The game remained relatively even through the first three quarters until Detroit began to pull away from Atlanta in the fourth. A 90 Pistons run midway through the fourth gave them a 16 point advantage to effectively put the game away. The Hawks cut into the deficit late, but the Pistons were never in any real danger of losing their lead. Despite the loss, Atlanta took the season series from Detroit 3 - 1. The Hawks opted to not rest their starters for the second game of a back - to - back set Tuesday, at least officially. Four of Atlanta's reserves matched the starters' playing time with 24 minutes on the floor. Al Horford had an excellent night from the floor in his truncated outing, hitting eight of his ten field goal attempts. Dennis Schroder did not travel with the team for Tuesday's game with a toe injury, but an MRI earlier in the day revealed that it's a sprain rather than a break. The Hawks will return to action Saturday when they host the Nets. Detroit bounced back from Sunday's loss to improve to 5 - 1 over its last six games. Andre Drummond had another dominant performance with 22 points and 13 rebounds in 31 minutes of action. John Lucas filled in admirably off the bench with 15 points in 22 minutes after rookie Spencer Dinwiddie, the usual backup point guard, went down with a sprained ankle. The Pistons will finish out their back - to - back set Wednesday in Charlotte before another back - to - back starts Friday in Chicago.
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