⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ DET better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 17 points worse than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Made eight threes to their two- Lived at the line, 29 free throws to their eighteen
- Kept giving it away, seventeen turnovers to their eleven, and were outscored 32-23 off them
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q3 7:28 · SA 60-51 DET
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Tim Duncan misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 3:05 · SA 82-76 DET
- Turnover
Manu Ginobili bad pass
Q4 0:58 · SA 85-80 DET
- Missed FT
Tim Duncan misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:10 · SA 88-84 DET
Pistons
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 9-point deficit to 1
Q4 1:31 · SA 85-84 DET
Bad plays
- Technical
Rasheed Wallace technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 11:30 · SA 27-16 DET
- Missed FT
Richard Hamilton misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:11 · SA 87-84 DET
- Missed FT
Richard Hamilton misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:11 · SA 87-84 DET
📊The numbers
| SA | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 8 | Threes made | 2 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 15% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 15 | Assists | 15 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 32 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 6 | Steals | 6 |
| 1 | Blocks | 6 |
