Antonio McDyess feels more like a football player two months into the season than an NBA veteran. He's exhibiting the toughness the Pistons have shown during their current seven-game winning streak.

McDyess has been taking a beating lately and sustained another injury in the Pistons' win over the Los Angeles Clippers on Sunday. McDyess dislocated the pinky finger of his left hand during the first half.

"I didn't even want to look at it," McDyess said. "It was just sitting on to the side of my hand."

Allen Iverson figured McDyess was done for the day.

"When I saw that finger, I knew he wasn't coming back into this game here," Iverson said.

Iverson was wrong.

Allen Iverson was having one of his worst shooting games, so the last thing the Los Angeles Clippers wanted to do was help him out. Iverson got some timely assistance from Al Thornton, who was called for goaltending by referee Tommy Nunez Jr. after swatting away a driving scoop shot with 4.9 seconds on the clock.

Rodney Stuckey knew he wasn't going to get much help. He didn't need it. Stuckey scored 13 of his 38 points in the fourth quarter, and the undermanned Detroit Pistons won their sixth straight game with a 98-92 victory over the Sacramento Kings on Friday night. "I knew going in that I was going to have to play a lot of minutes and score a lot of points," Stuckey said.

Allen Iverson and Tayshaun Prince stepped up for the short-handed Detroit Pistons. Iverson scored 19 points, and Prince added 16 to help the Pistons win their fifth straight game, 83-75 over the New Jersey Nets on Wednesday. "When any team in the league loses three of their top six guys, things are going to change for them," Pistons coach Michael Curry said.

Allen Iverson grinned as he looked at the boxscore after the Detroit Pistons' 88-82 victory over the Orlando Magic on Monday night. "I'm not used to seeing myself with 15 points and knowing that I had a good game," he said. "Before, even if I only had 20 points, I didn't think I was doing my job." Iverson was Detroit's fourth-leading scorer on a night when no Pistons player reached 20.

With Richard Hamilton sidelined, the Detroit Pistons abandoned their three-guard lineup and used a bigger starting unit that stifled the Milwaukee Bucks. Tayshaun Prince scored nine of his 19 points in the decisive third quarter and Allen Iverson added 18, lifting the Pistons to an 87-76 victory Saturday night.

Allen Iverson kept the ball this time. A week after passing up a chance at a winning shot against the Utah Jazz, Iverson hit an off-balance runner with 0.2 seconds left to give the Detroit Pistons a 90-88 victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder on Friday night. "The play was for me to run the clock down and try to get to the basket," he said.