⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 16 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 second quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 45 rebounds to 35- Kept giving it away, sixteen turnovers to their 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 cut a 20-point deficit to 12
Q3 1:13 · DET 58-70 SA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Spurs
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q1 8:27 · DET 6-12 SA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 11
Q1 0:01 · DET 19-30 SA
Bad plays
- Turnover
Tony Parker turnover
Q4 1:05 · DET 79-86 SA
📊The numbers
| DET | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 6 | Threes made | 4 |
| 32% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 39 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 18 | Assists | 22 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 6 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 7 | Steals | 8 |
| 4 | Blocks | 4 |
