As the temperature started to plummet in Detroit, the Pistons' hot shooting cooled off during a five-game West Coast swing.

The Pistons started the season 14-6 thanks in part to a league-best 47.4 percent field goal shooting and a second-best 39.3 percent from three-point range. The Pistons shot just 42.3 percent in their West Coast games and 29.3 percent from three-point range.

Cliff Robinson, who averaged 17.3 points before the trip, faced the brunt of the cold spell. Robinson shot 21-of-68 on the trip (30.9 percent) and averaged 10.6 points.

"I think teams are focusing on Cliff a little more," Pistons coach Rick Carlisle said. "But everyone's going to have their streaks where they don't shoot well."

The Pistons had been successful because they had two prime scorers in Jerry Stackhouse and Robinson.

"You're going to go through stretches where things don't go your way," Robinson said. "We've been putting a lot of pressure on ourselves to make shots, because we have been. So when you do that, and shots don't go down, it can have a negative effect."