⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ DET better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their nineteen, and outscored them 26-14 off them- Owned the paint, 58 points inside to 36
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 12
Q1 4:39 · SA 24-12 DET
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 17-point lead to 26
Q2 1:17 · SA 66-40 DET
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 28-point lead to 39
Q4 4:18 · SA 112-73 DET
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Pistons
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SA | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 33% |
| 9 | Threes made | 6 |
| 45% | Three-point accuracy | 32% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 58 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 35 | Assists | 17 |
| 58 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 25 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 26 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 12 | Steals | 4 |
| 9 | Blocks | 1 |
