The Atlanta Hawks will face the Detroit Pistons tonight in an NBA game that will be live streaming free online from the Palace at Auburn Hills in Detroit at 7:30 PM ET.
It's uncertain if Jeff Teague will be available Friday night when the Hawks look to snap their seven-game skid while trying to continue their recent success against the struggling Pistons.
Averaging a career-high 15.5 points and among the NBA leaders with 7.1 assists per contest, Teague sprained his ankle late in the fourth quarter of Wednesday's 114-97 loss to Washington.
Atlanta (25-28), which has slipped to seventh in the Eastern Conference, already lost star center Al Horford to a season-ending pectoral muscle injury. Backup Pero Antic is out indefinitely with an ankle injury and a shoulder problem could force 6-foot-10 Gustavo Ayon to miss a second straight contest after starting the previous 11.
"It seems like we're dealing with a myriad of injuries, but we definitely have enough players to win," said veteran Elton Brand, a reserve most of the season who scored a season-high 20 and had 11 rebounds while starting at center Wednesday.
"We need to find a way to win and get this monkey off our back and stay in the race."
In an effort to shore up its thin front-line, Atlanta traded for Antawn Jamison from the Clippers on Thursday for the rights to shooting guard Cenk Akyol, but it's uncertain what kind of impact the 37-year-old forward will have with the Hawks.
Jamison, who averaged 11.4 minutes, 3.8 points and 2.5 rebounds in 22 games for Los Angeles, did not play in 16 of the last 17 games with the Clippers.
In danger of losing eight straight for the first time since 2006-07, the Hawks are also looking to avoid matching a season high with their fifth consecutive road defeat.
Atlanta has topped 90 points in back-to-back games after doing so once in the previous five, but has yielded an average of 106.5 points on 47.8 percent shooting over the last four. The Hawks trailed by 20 in the first half against the Wizards, who shot 51.7 percent, including 13 of 24 from 3-point range.
Detroit (22-32), which is ninth in the East and 3 1/2 games behind the Hawks, has dropped three straight overall, plus three in a row and 15 of 20 to Atlanta.
The Pistons have averaged 94.3 points and shot 40.6 percent during their current slide following three straight victories in which they averaged 115.3 on 50.0 percent shooting.
The game will be telecast regionally on Fox Sports Detroit and live streamed on nbaliveonline.tv/streaming/