DETROIT(AP) -- The Detroit Pistons have been one of the league's
better offensive-rebounding teams this season.

Sunday, they took it to another level.

Detroit had 24 offensive rebounds, including 11 from Ben
Wallace, as they ended a seven-game losing streak with a 94-88
win over the Atlanta Hawks.

"Ben was phenomenal again today," Detroit coach John Kuester
said. "It's amazing the level that he is still grabbing
rebounds."

Wallace finished with 18 total rebounds and 10 points, while
rookie Jonas Jerebko added 11 rebounds and 10 points. Jason
Maxiell, moved into the starting lineup in place of Charlie
Villanueva, had another four offensive rebounds. The Pistons had
a 30-10 advantage on second-chance points.

"Boy, Jonas has been a pleasant surprise for us this year, and
Max did a great job for us today," Kuester said. "Charlie
provides a lot of offense, and we thought he could give us a
spark off the bench."

Kuester has done a lot of lineup juggling this season, and faced
another game Sunday without starters Richard Hamilton (ankle),
Tayshaun Prince (back) and Ben Gordon (ankle). Along with moving
Maxiell off the bench, he put veteran point-guard Chucky Atkins
in for rookie Austin Daye.

That move paid off, too, as Atkins' presence took pressure off
slumping Rodney Stuckey. Playing more shooting guard, Stuckey
had 23 points and eight assists.

"We talk about the leadership that we get from Ben, Tayshaun and
Rip, but we need to add Chucky to that discussion," Kuester
said. "He's been huge for our young guards. He's going to be a
coach in this league, and he's doing a lot of that for us."

Will Bynum added 19 points off the bench.

"We know we can beat any team - it is up to us to come out and
do the things that give us a chance to be in the game at the
end," he said. "We've been struggling to close games out, but
today we did a good job with that."

Josh Smith led Atlanta with 21, but the Hawks couldn't overcome
Detroit's 53-27 rebounding advantage.

"When you get beat like that on the boards, you aren't going to
beat many teams in this league," Atlanta coach Mike Woodson
said. "We just didn't compete today. We've been a team that has
always been full of effort, and today we got outworked and I'm
embarrassed."

With Wallace, Jerebko and Maxiell attacking the offensive glass,
Detroit had 17 second-choice points on their way to a 55-47
halftime lead.

Detroit expanded the margin to as many as 11 in the third, but
Atlanta was within two, 67-65, at quarter's end. The Hawks
scored the first basket of the fourth, but the Pistons responded
with an 10-0 run to go up 77-67 with 7:45 left.

Atlanta narrowed the gap to 89-85 with 30 seconds to play, and
after Maxiell made one of two free throws, Mike Bibby made it a
two-point game with a long 3-pointer. Detroit, though, clinched
the game from the line.

"Ben Wallace just outworked us today," Smith said. "It was a
lack of effort on our part. We have to know that Ben is going to
do that. It's kind of discouraging, because we had all our guys,
and we knew how many key guys they had out, and we were not able
to get the win."

NOTES: Atkins hadn't started an NBA game since 2007, and hadn't
started for Detroit since Nov. 30, 2002. ... Villanueva was hit
in the face while being fouled with 9:30 to play, breaking his
nose. He shot the free throws with a large wad of gauze stemming
the blood flow, but then went to the locker room and did not
return. The Pistons expect to have an update on his playing
status Monday.