Cade Cunningham scores 29 points to lead the Pistons past the cold-shooting Hawks

ATLANTA (AP) – Cade Cunningham had 29 points and 11 assists and the Detroit Pistons won for the seventh time in their last eight road games, 114-104 over the Atlanta Hawks on Wednesday night.

Malik Beasley had 19 points off the bench and Ausar Thompson had 16 points for Detroit.

Dyson Daniels led the Hawks with 20 points and 10 rebounds, and Trae Young had 13 points and nine assists. Jalen Johnson had 17 points and nine rebounds.

The Hawks shot a season-low 16% from 3-point range, hitting just 6 of 38 attempts.

The Pistons led 69-51 at the half, their largest halftime lead of the season.

Takeaways

Pistons: The Pistons, 12-4 over their last 16 games, slipped past the Hawks for sixth in the Eastern Conference standings. They are trying to reach the playoffs for the first time since 2019.

Hawks: Playing only their second home game in a 25-day stretch, the Hawks looked tired. The poor 3-point shooting prevented them from making any sort of challenge in the second half. The six Hawks who entered the game averaging at least 10 points per game – Young, Daniels, Johnson, De’Andre Hunter, Bogdan Bogdonovic and Onyeka Okongwu – shot a combined 1 for 29 from beyond the arc.

Key moment

The Pistons went on a 14-2 run late in the second half to stretch the lead from 10 to 22, and the Hawks never cut the deficit below 10 until the final seconds.

Key state

Bogdanovic was 0 for 9 from the field and has missed his last 14 shots over three-plus games. He is 4 for 29 from 3-point range in his last five games and is shooting a career-low 30.3% from 3 this season.

Next

The Hawks continue a three-game homestand against the Raptors on Thursday night. The Pistons are at the Magic on Saturday night for the third game of a five-game road trip.

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