⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pistons got 18 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 15 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, eight turnovers to their eighteen, and outscored them 25-6 off them- Ran them off the floor, 22 fast break points to 10
- A 14-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 17 in the first 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
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 17
Q1 0:01 · DET 34-17 SA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 22-point lead to 31
Q4 2:46 · DET 102-71 SA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Spurs
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DET | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 37% |
| 2 | Threes made | 5 |
| 22% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 23 | Assists | 15 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 22 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 25 | Points off turnovers | 6 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 13 | Steals | 1 |
| 6 | Blocks | 9 |
