FAST BREAKDOWN
Three quick observations from Wednesday night’s 118-95 win over the Atlanta Hawks at The Palace
SLAM DUNK – The Pistons need all hands on deck to win games at the clip they’ll need to pull themselves back in the playoff race, so they don’t want to be without Jon Leuer and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope for long. But their absence might serve a useful purpose, hinted at by the smashing win over Atlanta in which the Pistons led by 24 points after the first quarter in rolling to their season-high totals for points in a quarter (42) and a half (69).