⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ DET better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 49 rebounds to 35
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Spurs
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Pistons
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 13
Q1 7:54 · SA 4-17 DET
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 7
Q4 5:11 · SA 74-67 DET
Bad plays
- Technical
Ben Wallace Technical Foul. His 1st Technical Foul.
Q4 10:22 · SA 55-53 DET
📊The numbers
| SA | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 4 | Threes made | 1 |
| 31% | Three-point accuracy | 17% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 58 | Rebounds | 42 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 12 | Assists | 15 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 3 | Steals | 12 |
| 8 | Blocks | 10 |
