Hawks try and cure road woes in Auburn Hills vs. Pistons

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04/07/2010 - (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Atlanta Hawks have been stumbling as the visitor lately and will try to stop a five-game road losing streak tonight against the Detroit Pistons at The Palace of Auburn Hills.

Atlanta continued to struggle on enemy territory and suffered a 109-100 loss at Charlotte last night. With Joe Johnson (sprained right thumb) and Mike Bibby (ingrown toenail) on the bench due to injury, Maurice Evans tallied a team-high 20 points and Al Horford added 16 and 12 rebounds for the Hawks, who are third in the Eastern Conference, just a game ahead of Boston.

"It was tough. You just have to play with what you've got," Horford said. "Everybody goes through adversity, and we're going through it right now, but we'll bounce back from it."

Jamal Crawford and Josh Smith each had 18 points in defeat. Due to the Hawks' loss, the Orlando Magic clinched their third straight Southeast Division title. On the injury front for Atlanta, Johnson and Bibby are questionable for this evening's bout in the Motor City.

Detroit finally put the brakes on an 11-game slide with last night's convincing 124-103 triumph at Philadelphia. Charlie Villanueva and Rodney Stuckey scored 25 and 24 points, respectively, for the Pistons, who also ended an 11-game losing streak on the road.

"I thought Charlie played the way I know he is capable of," Pistons head coach John Kuester said. "Rodney Stuckey had some gutsy performances. Rodney Stuckey again, Will Bynum, Ben Wallace and Jonas (Jerebko) all played pretty much the entire game because they are all so valuable to us. Even though DaJuan Summers didn't play a lot of minutes, I still like what I saw."

Ben Wallace added a season-high 18 points, while Tayshaun Prince finished with 14 points and seven rebounds. Ben Gordon chipped in 13 points off the bench in a winning effort. The Pistons will now try to put the clamps on a five-game home losing streak.

Pistons guard Richard Hamilton (ankle) and center Jason Maxiell (back) both missed Tuesday's win and are questionable for this evening.

Atlanta has won two of three meetings with Detroit this season, but the Pistons are 13-7 in the previous 20 matchups between the clubs. The Hawks have lost eight of nine and 18 of their past 21 visits to The Palace.

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