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Atlanta Hawks guard Jeff Teague is listed as day-to-day with an injured ankle that he suffered during the third quarter of Atlanta’s 107-101 overtime win over the Pistons on Friday night. Teague took part in practice on Saturday but will likely be a game-time decision for the game against the Hornets on Sunday.

“He was out here getting some shots up,” Drew said. “He’s moving around on it pretty good. They are still treating it. It will be a day-to-day decision.”

Teague suffered the injury when he landed on the foot of the Pistons’ Greg Monroe on a drive to the basket. He limped to the bench and later to the locker room where he had the ankle taped. He briefly returned to the bench before finally giving Larry Drew the nod that he couldn’t return because the ankle had started to stiffen up.

Kirk Hinrich subbed in for Teague and played the remainder of the game in only his second game back from off season shoulder surgery. If Teague is unable to go on Sunday then Hinrich and Jannero Pargo are likely to man the point for the Hawks.

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CBSSports.com wire reports
Jan. 27, 2012

AUBURN HILLS, Mich. — Joe Johnson stole the ball near his own basket and brought it up the court a bit gingerly. Something was bothering him, although it wasn’t clear what until after the game.

“I jammed these two fingers on my left hand,” the Atlanta star said. “I couldn’t really get my feeling back. I thought we were going to call a timeout, but nobody called a timeout, so I just did what I could to try to get a shot off.”

Johnson’s 3-pointer over Rodney Stuckey with 1.9 seconds left sent the game to overtime, and the Hawks eventually pulled away from the Detroit Pistons for a 107-101 victory Friday night. Johnson scored 28 of his 30 points after halftime.

Detroit led 87-81 after Austin Daye’s baseline shot with 39.9 seconds left, but Marvin Williams cut the lead in half with a 3-pointer with 33.5 seconds to play. Johnson then stole a pass inside. His jammed fingers were on his non-shooting hand, and as the clock ran down, he kept the ball and made a tough 3-pointer to tie it.

The Hawks started the overtime with a 12-2 run, including 3-pointers by Williams and Josh Smith.

Detroit coach Lawrence Frank said he’d wanted his team to foul before Johnson’s tying shot.

“We kicked that game. We should have won the game, but we didn’t make winning plays down the stretch,” Frank said. “I think we were defeated as soon as that shot went in, and the game went to overtime. We have to be mentally tougher than that.”

Greg Monroe scored 22 points for the Pistons and Brandon Knight added 20.

Johnson was 1 of 9 from the field in the first half, but he recovered in a big way, surpassing 14,000 points for his career and continuing a strong stretch for him since the Hawks lost Al Horford earlier this month to a torn pectoral muscle.

The Hawks are 10-1 when Johnson scores at least 20 points.

“To me it’s just an unbelievable win,” Atlanta coach Larry Drew said. “It was a gutsy performance. We were literally dead in the water.”

Atlanta rallied from an 11-point halftime deficit and tied it in the fourth quarter, but Jason Maxiell’s three-point play after an offensive rebound put the Pistons ahead 73-70 and started what looked like a decisive 8-0 run.

“We just wanted to kind of hang in there,” Drew said. “We hit a bad stretch in that fourth period, but I still felt that if we got some good looks, got some guys to knock a couple of 3s down, we’ll still be right there.”

The Pistons couldn’t hold on, starting a stretch of seven games in nine days on a sour note. Detroit had a chance to win it even after Johnson’s big 3-pointer in the final seconds of the fourth, but Knight’s last-second shot didn’t come close.

“It was frustrating when that shot went in, because we had controlled the whole game, but you have to forget about that and play the next five minutes,” Knight said. “You can’t give in just because the game went to OT.”

Maxiell led all scorers with 12 points in the first half. Detroit led 46-35 after Monroe’s three-point play with 0.5 seconds left in the second quarter. Neither team was shooting all that well, but the Hawks turned the ball over 11 times in the half.

Detroit was playing without Tayshaun Prince (family matter) and Ben Gordon (sore shoulder).

Atlanta guard Jeff Teague left in the second half with a left ankle injury.

Williams finished with 22 points and eight rebounds for the Hawks, and Smith had 19 points, 11 rebounds and eight assists.

Notes

• Daye, who scored a career-high 28 points for the Pistons in a loss to Miami on Wednesday night, finished with 12 on Friday.
• Johnson has 14,010 career points.

AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (AP) – Joe Johnson scored 28 of his 30 points after halftime, including a tying 3-pointer with 1.9 seconds left in regulation, and the Atlanta Hawks stunned the Detroit Pistons 107-101 in overtime Friday night.

Atlanta forced overtime with a pair of late 3-pointers. Marvin Williams made one with 33.5 seconds left in the fourth quarter to cut the lead to three, then Johnson stole a pass inside and brought the ball up the court. Johnson looked like as if might have hurt himself, but he kept the ball and sank a tough 3-pointer over Rodney Stuckey to tie it.

The Hawks started the extra session with a 12-2 run, including 3-pointers by Williams and Josh Smith.

Greg Monroe scored 22 points for the Pistons and Brandon Knight added 20.

Johnson was 1 of 9 from the field in the first half, but he recovered in a big way, surpassing 14,000 points for his career and continuing a strong stretch for him since the Hawks lost Al Horford earlier this month to a torn pectoral muscle.

The Hawks are now 10-1 when Johnson scores at least 20 points.

Atlanta rallied from an 11-point halftime deficit to tie it in the fourth quarter, but Jason Maxiell’s three-point play after an offensive rebound put the Pistons ahead 73-70 and started what looked like a decisive 8-0 run.

But the Pistons couldn’t hold on, starting a stretch of seven games in nine days on a sour note. Detroit had a chance to win it even after Johnson’s big 3-pointer in the final seconds of the fourth, but Knight’s last-second shot didn’t come close.

Maxiell led all scorers with 12 points in the first half. Detroit led 46-35 after Monroe’s three-point play with 0.5 seconds left in the second quarter. Neither team was shooting all that well, but the Hawks turned the ball over 11 times in the half.

Detroit was playing without Tayshaun Prince (family reason) and Ben Gordon (sore shoulder).

Atlanta guard Jeff Teague left in the second half with a left ankle injury.

Williams finished with 22 points and eight rebounds for the Hawks, and Smith had 19 points, 11 rebounds and eight assists.

DETROIT –

The Atlanta hawks visit the Detroit Pistons Friday night at the Palace of Auburn Hills.

The Hawks (13-6) just lost by 22 points on Wednesday in San Antonio. The Pistons (4-15) dropped a close one Wednesday night to the Miami Heat, 101-98.

It was one of the better offensive showings for the Pistons who are the only NBA team not to score 100 points in a game this season.

Turnovers proved to be the difference Wednesday as LeBron James made his final six free throws to push the Heat past the Pistons.

This is the first of four meetings this season between Detroit and Atlanta.

With the absence of Ben Gordon, Austin Daye has stepped up for Detroit. Daye scored a career-best 28 points against the Heat.

Gordon has missed the past three games with a shoulder injury.

Tip off is at 7:30 p.m.

Tracy McGrady, who played for the Detroit Pistons last season, has agreed to a 1-year, veteran-minimum deal with the Atlanta Hawks, a source close to the situation told

ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith.

McGrady, a 6-foot-8 shooting guard, averaged 8.0 points and 23.4 minutes per game for the Pistons, appearing in 72 games and starting 39.

McGrady, now a 15-year-veteran, has been hampered by injuries over the past few seasons.

But he told the Free Press last week. “I am back, I have my athleticism, my knee is a lot stronger, my body is in shape. I have no restrictions. Everything will fall into place.”

McGrady is three years removed from microfracture surgery on his left knee.

Before his health issues, McGrady, 32, was a star with spectacular dunks as a normal part of his game. He showed flashes of that form last season, bringing occasional stability to the lineup.

Updated Aug 29, 2011 2:43 PM ET

NEW YORK (AP)

The New York Knicks hired former Atlanta Hawks coach Mike Woodson on Monday as an assistant to Mike D’Antoni.

Though frequently considered a defensive specialist, Woodson made clear during a conference call that he can help D’Antoni in many roles.

”I’m just a coach that’s looking for an opportunity. I have experience and I’m just excited about the opportunity,” Woodson said. ”That’s all a coach in this league can ask for.”

Woodson led the Hawks to three playoff berths in his six seasons in Atlanta, but was let go after they were swept in embarrassing fashion by Orlando in the 2010 Eastern Conference semifinals.

He interviewed for the Detroit job that instead went to Lawrence Frank and also was a candidate in Houston, but now will try to help D’Antoni address the Knicks’ struggles on the defensive end.

Yet D’Antoni also tried to downplay the notion of a ”defensive specialist.”

”I don’t know where that came from, other than people writing about it,” he said. ”But he’s a good coach.”

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