The frustration of a franchise-record road losing streak may be getting to coach
Bob Hill.

The SuperSonics (17-31) will try to avoid dropping their 16th straight game away from KeyArena when they meet the Indiana Pacers (26-22) on Wednesday night.

Seattle's road skid is the league's longest since Portland lost its final 16 last season. Getting ready to play again without injured star Rashard Lewis against Washington on Monday, Hill questioned his team after writing "lost 14 straight on the road" in red ink and capital letters on the greaseboard in the visiting locker room

"Are we tough enough? Do we have competitive spirit? Do we know how to win? What is it? It's something," Hill said. "There's other players in there, too, that need to scoot their ... chairs up to the table and be accountable."

Ray Allen had 29 points and Chris Wilcox added 24 and 10 rebounds, but Hill's team fell 118-108 to the Wizards. The defeat set a franchise record for road futility and was Seattle's fifth in a row overall.

"Ray is doing about as much as he can," Hill said. "I don't know if you can ask much more from a man than what he's done to carry this team."

Allen is averaging 28.1 points in 20 games since Lewis went down with a torn tendon in his hand Dec. 20. Prior to Monday's game, Hill said Lewis could return Saturday at home against Sacramento.

"I think he'll do fine. I really do. He's done a good job with rehab," said Hill, adding that Lewis - second on the team with 21.9 points per game - would move back into the starting lineup.

The Sonics are 7-14 since Lewis was injured.

Seattle, however, has won four of its last five against Indiana, including a 105-103 home victory Dec. 1. Luke Ridnour's shot over the Pacers' Danny Granger as time expired gave the Sonics the win.

Indiana saw its three-game winning streak end with a 113-98 loss to Golden State on Monday. It was the first meeting between the Pacers and Warriors since they pulled off an eight-player deal Jan. 17.

Mike Dunleavy had 11 points, 13 rebounds and seven assists for Indiana against his former team, while fellow ex-Warrior Troy Murphy had three points and four rebounds. Ike Diogu added four points and Keith McLeod didn't score in his Pacers debut.

None of those players were as good as Golden State's Stephen Jackson, who went to the Warriors in the trade and scored a season-high 36 points, or Al Harrington, who chipped in 16 points and 10 rebounds against his former club.

"We weren't ready to play," said Jermaine O'Neal, who led the Pacers with 24 points. "We've got to be ready to beat teams that we're supposed to beat. It's just one of those bad losses that you have."

It was the sixth straight game in which O'Neal scored at least 21 points. He had only 13 and 10 rebounds in the loss to the Sonics earlier this season, and is averaging just 12.1 points in his career against them.

The Pacers, playing the second game of a season-high six-game homestand, are 15-8 at Conseco Fieldhouse in 2006-07.