Hawks 85-78 Pistons (21 Dec, 2008) Box Score

Detroit Pistons

14-11, 7-6 away

	1	2	3	4	T
DET	25	16	22	15	78
ATL	22	30	17	16	85

Atlanta Hawks

17-10, 11-2 home

Detroit Pistons

starters
Rasheed WallaceR. Wallace
Tayshaun PrinceT. Prince
Rodney StuckeyR. Stuckey
Richard HamiltonR. Hamilton
Allen IversonA. Iverson
bench
Antonio McDyessA. McDyess
Jason MaxiellJ. Maxiell
Walter Herrmann HeinrichW. Heinrich
Walter SharpeW. Sharpe
Amir JohnsonA. Johnson
Kwame BrownK. Brown
Will BynumW. Bynum
Alex AckerA. Acker
Arron AfflaloA. Afflalo
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
42	9-18	2-5	0-0	0	5	5	4	1	2	1	3	+9	20
34	1-8	0-1	0-0	0	8	8	4	0	0	1	1	-2	2
36	9-12	1-1	1-3	3	6	9	3	2	0	1	5	-4	20
42	7-16	0-3	2-2	1	0	1	1	1	0	3	3	+4	16
41	4-11	0-0	2-2	1	4	5	6	1	0	1	1	-8	10
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
25	3-6	0-0	0-0	1	6	7	1	0	0	2	3	-12	6
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	1-1	0-0	0-0	2	2	4	0	0	0	0	2	-9	2
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	0-2	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	-2	0
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	1-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-11	2
	35-75	3-10	5-7	8	31	39	21	6	2	10	18		78
	46.7%	30.0%	71.4%

Atlanta Hawks

starters
Josh SmithJ. Smith
Marvin WilliamsM. Williams
Al HorfordA. Horford
Mike BibbyM. Bibby
Joe JohnsonJ. Johnson
bench
Solomon JonesS. Jones
Othello HunterO. Hunter
Zaza PachuliaZ. Pachulia
Randolph MorrisR. Morris
Speedy ClaxtonS. Claxton
Acie LawA. Law
Maurice EvansM. Evans
Ronald MurrayR. Murray
Thomas GardnerT. Gardner
Mario WestM. West
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
43	3-13	0-2	5-8	3	5	8	2	0	0	2	2	-5	11
36	2-7	1-2	4-4	4	6	10	0	1	1	1	2	+15	9
42	5-9	0-0	1-2	3	8	11	4	0	1	0	2	-3	11
38	10-13	6-6	1-2	0	3	3	5	3	0	1	2	+13	27
43	8-22	1-4	2-2	0	5	5	7	0	0	4	1	-4	19
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	1-1	0-0	2-4	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	+10	4
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	1-5	0-3	0-0	1	3	4	3	0	0	1	1	+4	2
14	1-4	0-1	0-0	1	1	2	0	3	0	2	1	+5	2
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	31-74	8-18	15-22	13	32	45	21	7	2	12	12		85
	41.9%	44.4%	68.2%

+/- denotes team's net points while the player is on the court

Regular Season Series

ATL leads 1-0

Pistons
78
Hawks
85

Game 1

21/12

Hawks
99
Pistons
95

Game 2

12/2

Pistons
83
Hawks
87

Game 3

8/3

State Farm Arena

7:00 PM, 21 December 2008

Atlanta, GA

Attendance: 15,233

Referees:
Steve Javie
Phil Robinson
Rodney Mott

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Cleveland	25	4	.862	-	W4
Milwaukee	15	12	.556	9	W1
Indiana	14	15	.483	11	W4
Chicago	13	16	.448	12	L1
Detroit	12	17	.414	13	W1

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Orlando	18	12	.600	-	W1
Miami	13	13	.500	3	L3
Atlanta	14	15	.483	3.5	L3
Charlotte	7	21	.250	10	L4
Washington	4	22	.154	12	L1

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ATL leads 1-0

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