⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pistons stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 4 points better than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pistons won, and why the Spurs did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, eight of seventeen from three- A 12-0 run took them from 4 down to 8 up in the fourth quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Pistons
Good plays
- Winner
Chauncey Billups made 26 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Ben Wallace.
Q4 1:28 · DET 78-77 SA
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 4 down to 8 up
Q4 2:08 · DET 85-77 SA
Bad plays
- Turnover
Corliss Williamson Traveling
Q4 4:33 · DET 69-67 SA
- Missed FT
Ben Wallace missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 2:36 · DET 72-74 SA
Spurs
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q1 1:25 · DET 16-20 SA
- Lead
Tim Duncan made 14 ft Two Point Shot.
Q4 2:56 · DET 72-74 SA
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Tim Duncan missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 1:47 · DET 75-77 SA
- Missed FT
Tim Duncan missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 1:47 · DET 75-77 SA
- Turnover
Hedo Turkoglu Bad Pass. Stolen by Chauncey Billups.
Q4 0:05 · DET 85-77 SA
📊The numbers
| DET | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 8 | Threes made | 8 |
| 47% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 5 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 19 | Assists | 22 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 0 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 10 | Steals | 8 |
| 8 | Blocks | 4 |
