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 Drummond had 18 points and 19 rebounds, while Caldwell-Pope hit four
three-pointers en route to scoring 21 points as the Pistons defeated
the Hawks 106-94 in the opener for both teams.
Marcus Morris scored 18 points and grabbed 10 rebounds and Ersan
Ilyasova added 16 points. Both were making their Pistons debuts.
Detroit guard Reggie Jackson contributed 15 points, eight rebounds
and five assists.
Dennis Schroder came off the bench to lead the Hawks with 20 points
while Paul Millsap had 19 points and eight rebounds, and Jeff Teague
scored 18 points.
The Pistons got off to a 5-23 start last season as they missed the
playoffs yet again, while the Hawks set a franchise record with 60
regular-season victories and made the Eastern Conference finals.
Detroit scored the first eight points of the second half, completing
a 12-0 run, and built their lead to 69-51 with about four minutes
remaining in the third quarter.
The Pistons led 82-66 going into the fourth quarter after getting 11
points and six rebounds from Drummond in Detroit's 34-point third
period.
The Hawks climbed within 96-88 with two minutes remaining but could
get no closer.
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The Pistons made seven of their first 10 shots to build a 20-10
lead, but the Hawks scored the last nine points of the first quarter
to tie it 25-25 and then stretched their run to 14-0 with the first
five points of the second.
Detroit regained the lead on a three-pointer by Caldwell-Pope with
about three minutes left in the second quarter and used a closing
14-4 run for a 48-43 lead at halftime.
(Compiled by Peter Rutherford)
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