⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pistons got 19 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 13 points better than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pistons won, and why the Spurs did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, twelve turnovers to their eighteen, and outscored them 23-13 off them- Ran them off the floor, 20 fast break points to 4
- Won the second chances, seventeen offensive rebounds to ten
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q3 9:02 · DET 54-47 SA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 2 down to 7 up
Q3 1:36 · DET 70-63 SA
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 15
Q4 9:37 · DET 84-69 SA
Bad plays
- Technical
Rasheed Wallace Technical Foul. His 2nd Technical Foul.
Q3 4:26 · DET 54-55 SA
Spurs
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 7 down to 2 up
Q3 6:58 · DET 54-56 SA
Bad plays
- Technical
Tim Duncan Technical Foul. His 1st Technical Foul.
Q2 10:10 · DET 25-27 SA
📊The numbers
| DET | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 3 | Threes made | 8 |
| 21% | Three-point accuracy | 47% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 17 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 22 | Assists | 16 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 20 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 12 | Steals | 7 |
| 10 | Blocks | 3 |
