Atlanta Hawks

Next for Hawks: at Pistons

Dec 12, 2010

Next for Hawks

Who: at Pistons

When: 7:30 p.m. Tuesday

TV; radio: SPSO; 97.9 FM

The Hawks beat Detroit 94-85 on Nov. 3. The two teams split their four games last season, with both teams sweeping at home.

The Pistons have lost four games in a row and eight of their last nine. They're 5-6 at home.

Detroit went into Sunday's games 26th in scoring (94.4 points per game) and 17th in points allowed (100.8). The Hawks were 17th (98.8) and 8th (96.1)

Joe Johnson (elbow) is out. Josh Powell's status is uncertain after spraining his knee Saturday. Detroit's Jonas Jerebko (Achilles) is out.

About the Author

Ken Sugiura is a sports columnist at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Formerly the Georgia Tech beat reporter, Sugiura started at the AJC in 1998 and has covered a variety of beats, mostly within sports.

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