The Atlanta Hawks enjoyed an electric weekend of victories, toppling the Miami Heat and Milwaukee Bucks in impressive fashion. As is the case with the grueling 2020-21 NBA season, however, there was no time to rest on that success, as the Hawks traveled to Detroit to face the Pistons on the second night of a back-to-back. Atlanta was flat for the majority of the evening, and the Hawks suffered a 100-86 defeat as a result.
Atlanta started slowly, making only two of their first nine shots and scoring only four points in three-plus minutes. Detroit wasn’t flying high out of the gate either, but they found their footing to the tune of a 10-2 early run to take a seven-point edge.