The Pistons will try to snap out of an offensive funk on Wednesday as they look for their ninth straight win against Indiana, which returns home after allowing an average of more than 120 points during its five-game trip.

Detroit (22-14) went 2-2 on its recent road trip, but stumbled home after shooting 35.9 percent in a 99-82 loss at Utah on Saturday.

Despite the return of Richard Hamilton after an eight-game absence due to a groin injury, the Pistons weren't any better at home on Tuesday, as they scored just 10 points in the fourth quarter and lost 80-78 to Charlotte on a last-second shot by Raymond Felton.

"We were up 78-71 in a game that we should have won easily, and we didn't get it done," guard Allen Iverson said. "That's unacceptable."

Rodney Stuckey had 22 points for Detroit, but the rest of the team was a combined 36.5 percent (23-of-63) from the field.

While Iverson has averaged just 12.0 points on 9-of-25 shooting (36.0 percent) from the field in the last two games, Hamilton - averaging 17.2 points this season - scored 10 points on 4-of-12 shooting in his return.

Hamilton was part of a three-guard starting lineup alongside Iverson and Stuckey, but coach Michael Curry said he doesn't plan to change the starting lineup after the Pistons fell to 16-12 with Hamilton healthy. They were 6-2 without him.

"It's a simple matter of getting your best five guys out there as much as possible," Curry said.

The Pistons have won with their typically staunch defense for much of the season, allowing 85.4 points per game during their seven-game winning streak from Dec. 23-Jan. 4. But they've lost three of four since, failing to reach 85 points themselves in each of the losses.

The Pacers (13-25), meanwhile, haven't held an opponent to fewer than 90 points in more than two months, and their last six foes have reached 110. They've allowed 120 or more in each of their last three games, all losses to finish their road trip at 1-4.

All three defeats have come by single digits, but Mehmet Okur's 43 points pushed Utah to a 120-113 win over Indiana on Monday. That negated another strong effort by Pacers forward Danny Granger, who had 30 points.

Granger averaged 34.6 points on the trip - with the Pacers averaging 115.4 as a team. But Indiana opponents shot 50.1 percent from the field in those games, and have now scored in triple digits in 11 straight games.

"I think there has to be a commitment (to defense) on our part. We need to commit to doing," Granger said. "We talk a lot and say we are going to do it. When it comes down to it we just don't do it. We do it on occasion. That's not going to win enough games."

The Pistons have exploited Indiana's defense in recent seasons, averaging 103.4 points while winning eight straight against their Central Division rivals. They shot 56.5 percent in a 114-110 home win over the Pacers on Dec. 11 despite Granger's season-high 42 points.