The Pistons were without Richard Hamilton (groin), Rasheed Wallace (calf) and Allen Iverson (back) on Tuesday night against the Mavericks.

Wallace and Iverson have been on the sidelines as of late, while Hamilton aggravated the nagging groin injury on Sunday night against the Grizzles.

Hamilton is questionable for Wednesday's game against Houston.

"It hurts me; it kills me," Hamilton said. "It kills me more than anything because mentally I've been trying to trick myself. I'm trying to trick myself to say that I'm all right, I'm all good.

"But when I come home I'm like on one leg and everybody's like, 'Yo, what's wrong with you?' "

"I'm trying to do everything possible so we can move up in the playoffs."