AUBURN HILLS, Mich., Feb. 21 (Ticker)-- The Detroit Pistons' four All-Stars played like stars.

Richard Hamilton scored 18 of his 24 points in the second half as the Pistons pulled away for a 97-87 victory over the Atlanta Hawks.

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Fellow All-Stars Chauncey Billups, Rasheed Wallace and Ben Wallace also had big nights for the league-leading Pistons (43-9), who extended their home winning streak to 10 games.

Billups had 19 points and 15 assists, Rasheed Wallace 21 points and 12 rebounds and Ben Wallace grabbed 17 rebounds.

The Pistons' quartet all played key roles Sunday as the Eastern Conference rallied for a 122-120 victory over the West in the All-Star Game.

Hamilton erupted after a quiet first half, scoring 12 points in the third quarter as the Pistons turned a close game into a 74-63 advantage entering the final period.

"Big third quarter when we needed it," Billups said of his backcourt mate. "That's when we needed it most. He was aggressive, started knocking down shots like he always does. We follow his lead a lot of nights."

A layup by Hamilton with 4:15 remaining gave the Pistons their biggest lead at 95-76.

"It's beautiful to watch those two play," Atlanta coach Mike Woodson said of Hamilton and Billups. "They play the right way at both ends of the floor."

It also was an impressive start for Detroit, which suffered one of its losses this season at Atlanta on February 7.

Detroit built a 20-5 less than six minutes into the contest, but Atlanta battled back with a 15-3 run to close the period.

"Those guys, they play hard no matter what the score is," Detroit coach Flip Saunders said of the Hawks. "They've got a lot of athletes and they keep on trying hard to come at you."

Josh Childress' layup with 7:43 left in the half gave the Hawks their biggest lead at 30-24. But the Pistons rallied to take a 45-43 lead at the break behind 11 points apiece from Rasheed Wallace and Billups.

"We played solid, but we made a few mistakes," Childress said. "You really can't afford to do that against them. You have to be aggressive, because they feed off getting in the first punch."

Hamilton converted two free throws, made back-to-back layups and a jumper to trigger a 13-6 surge in the third quarter that pushed the advantage to 67-57.

"One thing we wanted to do was try to jump out on them early, but at the same time, I think some of the guys' legs got a little tired here very quickly," said Pistons forward Tayshaun Prince, who spent the All-Star break in the Bahamas. "Once the second wind came in the third and fourth quarters, I think we were fine."

Al Harrington scored 20 points and Childress 18 for the Hawks, who shot 46 percent (37-of-81) and made just 12-of-20 free throws.

"This shows the difference between champions and everyone else," Harrington said. "They hit the switch and they are playing at another level than everybody else."