⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs fell 8 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 32 free throws to their seventeen- A 12-0 run took them from 6 down to 6 up in the second quarter
- Beaten inside, 40 points in the paint to 58
Key battles
🏀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 2-point lead to 12
Q1 6:49 · DET 21-9 SA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 19-point deficit to 10
Q4 2:12 · DET 107-117 SA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Spurs
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 6 down to 6 up
Q2 11:46 · DET 31-37 SA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DET | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 54% |
| 9 | Threes made | 7 |
| 28% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 26 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 22 | Assists | 24 |
| 58 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 5 | Steals | 5 |
| 2 | Blocks | 5 |
