ATLANTA - Jeff Teague scored a season-high 28 points and then earned compliments for his defence.Led by Teagues play on both ends of the court, the Atlanta Hawks didnt panic after blowing a 19-point lead and recovered to beat the Detroit Pistons 99-89 on Friday night.Paul Millsap had 15 points and 12 rebounds for Atlanta, which snapped a two-game skid.Hawks coach Mike Budenholzer said he expected Teagues points would get all the attention. Budenholzer said he was just as happy with the point guards defence and poise down the stretch. Teague had two steals and blocked two shots.Jeff Teague was very good, Budenholzer said. A lot of people talk about his points and his offence, but I thought his defence was very good on the ball.Josh Smith had 16 points and Andre Drummond added 13 points with 16 rebounds for the Pistons, who have lost four straight. They had two three-game losing streaks earlier in the season.The Pistons made only 4 of 21 3-pointers and shot only 37.3 per cent overall.Were just in a shooting slump right now, Smith said.Former University of Georgia standout Kentavious Caldwell-Pope was only 1 of 7 from the field for four points. D.J. Augustin had 14 points but made only 4 of 17 shots.We just struggle down the last few minutes of games, said Detroit coach Stan Van Gundy. Weve got to find some answers. We as a group, not just the players. ... You look at our shooting percentages. We just dont have really anybody playing at a very high level.Detroit rallied after trailing 70-51 in the third quarter.Pistons starting guard Brandon Jennings did not play in the fourth quarter after suffering a hyperextended left thumb.With Jennings out, Augustin led the comeback as Detroit pulled even with a 14-0 run that began late in the third quarter and continued into the final period. Augustin had back-to-back baskets as the Pistons pulled even at 74-74 with 8:31 remaining.Al Horford, who had 14 points, answered with a layup as Atlanta reclaimed the lead for good.They did what they were supposed to do, Teague said of the Pistons. They competed. We were able to withstand the run and make plays at the end.Horford sank a buzzer-beating jumper before halftime to give Atlanta a 50-40 lead. The Hawks still led by 10, at 74-64, entering the final period.TIP INSPistons: Smith, who played only 23 minutes and had only five points and four rebounds in Wednesdays 88-86 loss to the Suns, was back in form against his former team. He had eight rebounds and led the Pistons with five assists. Smith played for Atlanta from 2004-13. ... Augustine scored nine points in the final period.Hawks: G DeMarre Carroll (groin) started and had 10 points with seven rebounds after missing four games. ... Atlanta on Thursday assigned rookie F-C Adreian Payne to the Fort Wayne Mad Ants of the NBA Development League. Payne was the 15th overall selection in this years draft. ... Kyle Korver made two 3-pointers to tie Tim Hardaway for 18th all-time with 1,542.UP NEXTDetroit: At Milwaukee on Tuesday night.Atlanta: At Washington on Tuesday night.TIP FROM AN OLD FRIENDAtlanta Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez visited with Van Gundy after the game. The two became friends when Gonzalez managed the Marlins and Van Gundy coached the Miami Heat and Orlando Magic. After his postgame news conference, Van Gundy said Maybe Fredi has some answers. Maybe we need to bunt more!NO PANICBudenholzer said his message during the Pistons run was to remain poised. Our players did that, he said. I think weve got a good group in that way. Morten Andersen Jersey . Her return engagement begins tonight as TSN presents Day 1 coverage of the 2015 event from Melbourne. 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The loss prevented the 2013 champions from returning to the gold-medal game. Determined to come home with a medal, the Canadians started off slowly Sunday before finding their form in the third-place game. Brendan Perlini, Lawson Crouse and Travis Konecny scored and goalie Mason McDonald made 38 saves. "We were not going to miss an opportunity to represent our country well," Dineen said. "The unity that this group has shown to come together in this short little timeframe, I think there was a lot of encouragement within our group and a lot of very quick chemistry that made yessterday very disappointing.dddddddddddd "But even so, I think we got great satisfaction from todays win." Swedens Henrik Tornqvist opened the scoring with a short-handed goal midway through the first period. Perlini answered with a power-play goal at the 17:02 mark. Crouse put Canada ahead at 11:57 of the second period and Konecny provided an insurance goal with less than five minutes to play in the third. "Weve spent five weeks together and weve done a lot of work," Dineen said. "Things didnt end the way we wanted to but on the flip side of that, that time could come down to the game today. They played extremely hard. "Theres one thing that we certainly wont fault them (for) — we had great effort throughout this whole tournament." Linus Soderstrom made 23 saves as Sweden settled for a fourth-place finish. "There was no guarantee how it was going to end," Dineen said. "But in saying that, I think we all walk out of here — and I hope the boys do as well — (feeling) that theyre a little wiser about the game and a little better for the experience." The United States won gold later in the day with a 5-2 victory over the Czechs. ' ' '