AUBURN HILLS, Mich. - Many of the common themes of the Suns’ seven-game winning streak were not to be found Monday against the Detroit Pistons. A 30-plus-point first quarter? Only 25.

Field goal percentage of 55 percent or better? Just 50 percent.

One hundred ten points or more in 48 minutes? Try 96 instead.

This game certainly had the distinct flavor of Pistons basketball. And yet, there was Phoenix in the closing minutes of regulation and overtime with the lead.

“We played well enough to win,” Suns forward Grant Hill said.

The result, though, was a 110-105 loss at the Palace of Auburn Hills to a Detroit team without leading scorer Richard Hamilton, a last-minute scratch due to a sore left hip.

The outcome ended Phoenix’s run up the standings and left players and coaches fuming.

Afterward, talk wasn’t so much about what the Suns didn’t do to seal the win but rather the sour aftertaste left in their mouth by a handful of questionable calls and noncalls.

“It’s just hard five against eight,” Hill said.

“I feel like we got screwed. We got hosed down the stretch. You guys saw it. ...

“There were about four or five calls. It was just bad. They even got (Detroit center) Rasheed (Wallace) out there like, ‘Man.’ When Rasheed is agreeing with you about the foul situation, you might have got screwed.”

The first point of contention came with just less than two minutes remaining in regulation and Phoenix up 94-92. After a rebound of a miss by Raja Bell, Shaquille O’Neal was hit across the face going back up but no whistle was blown. Instead of possibly extending the lead to four, the game was tied seconds later and ended up going to overtime.

“I sure wish they’d be a little more consistent in how they call a game,” said O’Neal, who had 12 points and 10 rebounds, his third double-double in four games. “I know I got fouled down there, and they know. They should have (expletive) called it.”

Unshaken, Phoenix again grabbed the lead in overtime. With the Suns up 105-104 with 61 seconds remaining, Steve Nash stepped in front of Chauncey Billups to take a charge but was called for a block. Billups hit the runner and sank the free throw, and this time Phoenix couldn’t recover.

On the court and in the locker room, Nash was incredulous.

“(The referee) like stuttered and said, ‘Uh, you slid underneath him,’ ” he said when asked what explanation he was given.

A loose-ball foul called on Bell with 15 seconds remaining was the topper.

“When they call (stuff), with a chance to win the Pacific or Western Conference (on the line) it’s kind of tough to swallow,” Suns coach Mike D’Antoni said.

A win would have kept the Suns third in the West, percentage points behind New Orleans and half a game behind the Los Angeles Lakers. Instead they slipped back to fifth.

Amaré Stoudemire led Phoenix with 33 points. Nash had 23 and nine assists.