Hawks eke out win over Pistons, end 8-game skid

Trae Young scored the winning basket with 1.6 seconds left as the visiting Atlanta Hawks snapped an eight-game losing streak with a 132-130 victory over Detroit on Monday night.Young led Atlanta with 34 points and nine assists. De’Andre Hunter had 20 points, and Dyson Daniels supplied 19 points, seven assists, six rebounds, four steals and three blocks. Zaccharie Risacher added 17 points.Cade Cunningham’s 30 points and 14 assists led Detroit. Tobias Harris had 22 points, while Jalen Duren and Malik Beasley tossed in 18 apiece.Young had 15 points and five assists in the first half as the Hawks raced to a 73-64 halftime lead.The Hawks took their biggest lead of the half at 71-57 with a 13-3 run.A 3-pointer by Beasley in the closing seconds allowed Detroit to cut the Hawks’ advantage to single digits.It took less than 2 1/2 minutes for the Pistons to erase Atlanta’s halftime lead. Detroit started the second half on a 13-2 run, which included five points and an assist from Cunningham.Neither side led by more than three points until Larry Nance Jr. drained a 3-pointer with 2:19 left in the quarter to put Atlanta up 98-94. The Hawks were ahead 101-98 when the quarter ended.

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