⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pistons got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ DET better than we expected
+2Q125-24
+11Q234-24
+9Q333-24
-7Q417-28
▼ SA better than we expected
The second 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
Lived at the line, 26 free throws to their eleven- Looked after the ball, thirteen turnovers to their nineteen, and were outscored 26-12 off them
- Won the second chances, eighteen offensive rebounds to eight
Key battles
13Steals2
12Points off turnovers26
18Offensive rebounds8
18Free throws made9
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Pistons
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 11
Q2 3:15 · DET 54-43 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 52% |
| 5 | Threes made | 5 |
| 31% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 9 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 18 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 16 | Assists | 27 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 54 |
| 19 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 26 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 13 | Steals | 2 |
| 4 | Blocks | 3 |
