The Detroit Pistons haven't been the dominant team some expected since acquiring Allen Iverson from the Denver Nuggets last month.

But on Friday night, they may not need a dominant performance as they host a reeling Oklahoma City Thunder team that's dropped 13 of 14 on the road.

Detroit (15-11) returns home following Tuesday's 104-98 victory over visiting Chicago that snapped a two-game losing streak. Second-year guard Rodney Stuckey hit 15-of-24 shots and scored a career-high 40 points as Iverson watched from the bench after straining his left groin with 8:53 remaining in the third quarter.

"We came out slow in the third quarter and I knew I had to pick it up,'' said Stuckey, averaging 18.4 points and 7.4 assists in seven games since being inserted into the starting lineup.

Iverson, meanwhile, is averaging just 7.5 points in his last two contests. In 22 games with the Pistons - Detroit is just 11-11 - Iverson is scoring 18.0 points per game. He's been held to single-digit scoring four times in the last 17 games. In the previous seven seasons combined, Iverson has scored fewer than 10 points in a game just four times.

Tuesday's 0-of-7 shooting performance was Iverson's second career game without a basket. The other was an 0-of-7 effort in Philadelphia's 85-80 loss to Cleveland on April 2, 1999.

Playing with the Nuggets, Iverson averaged 26.5 points and 9.8 assists versus the Oklahoma City franchise in 2007-08.

"Hopefully, with a couple days' rest, he'll be able to go on Friday,'' Detroit coach Michael Curry said following Tuesday's game.

Even if Iverson can't, the Pistons should be fine against a Thunder squad that hasn't won on the road since defeating Memphis 111-103 on Nov. 29 for its lone victory outside Oklahoma City.

Oklahoma City (3-26) makes its first appearance in Detroit on Friday following Tuesday night's 99-88 loss at Atlanta - its sixth consecutive defeat on the road. The Thunder had lost their previous five road games by an average of just 6.0 points while shooting 47.5 percent from the field. Facing the Hawks, though, they hit just 37.4 percent.

"They hit a lot of big shots tonight and they got a lot of stops,'' said Kevin Durant, who scored 28 against Atlanta - his career-high eighth straight game with 20 or more points. "That's why they're a playoff team. Teams make their run, but we can't allow that. We could have made more shots but we didn't."

Facing a Pistons club that's held its last five opponents to a combined 42.2 percent shooting may not be the best remedy for the Thunder, the league's 28th-ranked shooting team at 43.3 percent.

Oklahoma City, however, could have an edge on the boards against the Pistons, the NBA's 25th-ranked rebounding team at 39.8 per game. Led by a career-high 14 from Jeff Green and season-high 12 from Chris Wilcox, the Thunder grabbed 52 rebounds against the Hawks.

Oklahoma City has outrebounded seven of its last eight opponents, averaging 45.3 boards during this stretch.

Nick Collison, who is averaging 7.0 points and 6.1 rebounds in 2008-09, missed Tuesday's game after breaking his left thumb in the Thunder's 102-91 loss to Cleveland on Sunday. He practiced on Wednesday and could face the Pistons.

Detroit has won 11 of its last 13 home games against the Oklahoma City franchise.