⏱️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 third quarter and stayed there. 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, 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
Lived at the line, seventeen free throws to their seven- Won the glass, 55 rebounds to 41
- Made nine threes to their fifteen
- Kept giving it away, twelve turnovers to their six, and outscored them 15-6 off them
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 1 down to 7 up
Q2 1:07 · SA 55-48 DET
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 14
Q3 3:13 · SA 78-64 DET
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 11
Q4 4:54 · SA 99-88 DET
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Pistons
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q1 9:50 · SA 6-11 DET
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 12-point deficit to 2
Q2 5:01 · SA 43-41 DET
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 16-point deficit to 8
Q3 0:50 · SA 80-72 DET
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SA | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 36% |
| 9 | Threes made | 15 |
| 53% | Three-point accuracy | 39% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 6 |
| 57 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 24 | Assists | 19 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 6 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 6 |
| 3 | Steals | 6 |
| 7 | Blocks | 3 |
