⏱️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.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ DET better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 7 points better than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Made fourteen threes to their eight- Shot well above their usual, fourteen of 31 from three
- Could not get to the line, twelve free throws to their 24
A 13-0 run took them from 5 down to 8 up in the first 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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 8 down to 1 up
Q1 1:50 · SA 26-25 DET
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 6 down to 4 up
Q3 0:48 · SA 77-73 DET
Bad plays
- Turnover
LaMarcus Aldridge bad pass
Q4 2:10 · SA 92-88 DET
- Turnover
Manu Ginobili lost ball turnover
Q4 0:36 · SA 94-91 DET
Pistons
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 5 down to 8 up
Q1 6:27 · SA 17-25 DET
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q2 11:07 · SA 31-39 DET
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q4 8:19 · SA 79-84 DET
Bad plays
- Turnover
Andre Drummond offensive foul
Q4 4:24 · SA 85-86 DET
- Turnover
Andre Drummond turnover
Q4 4:24 · SA 85-86 DET
- Missed FT
Reggie Jackson misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 1:44 · SA 94-89 DET
📊The numbers
| SA | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 14 | Threes made | 8 |
| 45% | Three-point accuracy | 30% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 7 | Assists | 2 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 3 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 1 | Turnovers | 0 |
| 16 | Steals | 10 |
| 20 | Blocks | 22 |
