While his words certainly resonated with his teammates, his play spoke even louder.

It was McDyess' drive to win that played a pivotal role in Detroit's victory against Indiana on Friday. The Pistons snapped a three-game losing streak by winnning 114-110.

McDyess, playing in his first game at The Palace of Auburn Hills since re-signing with Detroit, made six of his first seven shots and finished with 14 points, four rebounds and arguably the biggest blocked shot of the season.

With the score tied at 90 in the fourth quarter, McDyess hustled back to make a last-minute block on what Jarrett Jack thought would be an easy lay-up.

"I was imitating Tay," said McDyess, referring to Tayshaun Prince's block of a Reggie Miller layup in the 2004 Eastern Conference finals. "I was lucky to get that one, because I was tired."

Clinging to a two-point lead with eight seconds to play, Indiana had a chance to tie the game or take the lead.

Danny Granger, who already had scored a career-high 42 points, was going to be the one taking the final shot.

Everyone in The Palace knew this.

But the Pistons' defense, which had been shoddy most of the game, denied Granger the ball, which led to point guard T.J. Ford shooting in the lane over Prince.

Ford's shot hit the front of the rim and McDyess grabbed the rebound.

"There definitely wasn't no defense going until a couple of plays at the end," McDyess said.

Although McDyess played well, this was by no means a one-man victory.

Rodney Stuckey had a season-high 21 points, which included four 3-pointers, which is a career high. Iverson had a double-double, scoring 17 points to go with 12 assists. Iverson has 23,338 points, which surpasses Robert Parish for No. 17 on the NBA's all-time scoring list.

The Pistons shot 58.3 percent in the first quarter. The Pacers were even better in the first.

They shot 64.7 percent, but the Pistons limited them to fewer than seven shot attempts.