Miami's Dwyane Wade had multiple chances to mess things up for the Pistons, but his shots clanked away in the final seconds.

Meanwhile, the sellout streak at The Palace of Auburn Hills ended.

It was a struggle in all aspects as the Pistons prevailed 93-90 against the Heat on Wednesday before an announced crowd of 21,720, the first non-sellout at The Palace since Jan. 19, 2004.

"Normally, when you're struggling, the win that you get is going to be an ugly win," Pistons coach Michael Curry said. "We turned the ball over 16 times, and that's uncharacteristic of us as a team, and it put us in some tough situations.

"Then, three of our best free-throw shooters miss free throws down the stretch."

Despite it all, the Pistons managed to stop a four-game home losing streak, the first streak that long since the 2000-01 season when Curry was the team's small forward.

Rodney Stuckey and Rasheed Wallace each finished with 18 points, Tayshaun Prince scored 16 and Antonio McDyess grabbed 17 rebounds to spark the Pistons.

Wade, who leads the NBA in scoring at 28.5 points per game, finished with 29 points, but he missed on the final two Miami possessions. He also tossed up 31 field-goal attempts, making just 10.

"I thought we did a good job on Wade, at least made it difficult for him," Curry said.

Stuckey hit two crucial baskets in the final minutes, including a wild, double-clutch 15-foot bank shot over Wade with the shot clock running out and 45.2 seconds remaining.

"It went in, that's pretty much it," Stuckey said. "The shot clock was going down, so I just had to put up a shot."

With 20.2 seconds remaining in the game, Wallace buried a 3-point shot off a pick-and-roll play with Stuckey. A miss might have been trouble because 15 seconds remained on the shot clock.

"It probably wasn't the shot you want at the end of the game," Stuckey said.

Curry added: "Sheed has hit big 3s for us all year."

The Pistons also benefited from steals by Stuckey and Iverson on the defensive end in the final 1:39.

Wade lamented late turnovers, but mostly the wild shot by Stuckey that went down.

"Oh man, that was some luck," Wade said. "Ask him about it, no way, but it went in for him. It was a tough shot. I played him as good as I could. He made a big shot. That's what big players do. Some guys amaze you at times."