Cade Cunningham had 38 points (21 on 7 3-pointers) and 12 assists, and the Detroit Pistons beat the Atlanta Hawks 148-143 for their sixth straight win.
Dennis Schröder’s driving layup answered Dyson Daniels’ 9-foot floater and put the Pistons back ahead for good with 33 seconds left in the fourth quarter.
Malik Beasley’s 2 free throws with 1.1 seconds left made it 148-143 and put it away.
During clutch time, the Pistons outscored the Hawks 13-11. Schröder scored 5 of the Pistons’ 13 on 1 for 2 shooting and 3 for 3 at the line. In the fourth quarter, Daniels had 3 of his 4 steals, one of them leading to his driving dunk that tied the game at 135, and the Hawks scored 8 points off them.
Beasley scored 24 points (13 in the fourth quarter) with 6 3-pointers off the bench. The Pistons had 7 players in double-digit scoring. Cunningham and Beasley set each other up for 6 baskets and 17 points, 5 of them 3-pointers.
For the Hawks, Trae Young had 38 points and 13 assists, and Georges Niang added a season-high 27 points with 7 3-pointers off the bench. Daniels had 24 points, 6 assists and 4 steals on 10 for 14 shooting. Zaccharie Risacher scored 19 points. Young scored 15 of his 38 points in the fourth quarter. The Hawks had 3 20-point scorers.
The Pistons shot 59.1% from the field and 50.0% from 3 to the Hawks’ 50.0% and 46.7%. The Pistons made 20 3-pointers, 7 of them by Cunningham and 6 by Tim Hardaway Jr. The Hawks made 21 3-pointers, 7 of them by Niang and 6 by Young. They outscored the Pistons 38-12 off turnovers. The Pistons outscored the Hawks 28-17 in 7 minutes with Harris, Hardaway, Beasley, Stewart and Cunningham on the floor together.