⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ DET better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 9 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, eight turnovers to their sixteen, and were outscored 18-8 off them- Could not get to the line, nine free throws to their 23
A 12-0 run took them from 6 down to 6 up in the second quarter
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 took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q2 0:50 · SA 56-51 DET
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q3 10:03 · SA 64-54 DET
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Pistons
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 6 down to 6 up
Q2 6:39 · SA 40-46 DET
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SA | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 3 | Threes made | 6 |
| 21% | Three-point accuracy | 32% |
| 8 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 56 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 25 | Assists | 19 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 8 | Steals | 3 |
| 6 | Blocks | 1 |
