⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pistons got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 11 points better than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pistons won, and why the Spurs did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 57 rebounds to 30
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 4 down to 4 up
Q1 7:56 · DET 10-6 SA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q1 3:00 · DET 18-8 SA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 17
Q4 3:32 · DET 80-63 SA
Bad plays
- Technical
technical foul
Q2 8:47 · DET 22-14 SA
- Technical
Rasheed Wallace technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 6:00 · DET 26-20 SA
Spurs
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DET | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 5 | Threes made | 2 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 8 |
| 66 | Rebounds | 38 |
| 18 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 17 | Assists | 15 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 5 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 3 | Steals | 7 |
| 2 | Blocks | 2 |
