⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 21 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ DET better than we expected
-2Q124-24
-6Q226-36
-13Q325-35
+9Q424-14
▼ SA better than we expected
The third 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
They went cold, seven of 25 from three- Won the glass, 45 rebounds to 34
- Could not get to the line, five free throws to their 25
- Kept giving it away, 22 turnovers to their ten, and outscored them 25-10 off them
A 12-0 run cut a 22-point deficit to 10 in the fourth quarter
Key battles
14Free throws made3
10Points off turnovers25
9Steals3
10Turnovers22
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Pistons
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run cut a 22-point deficit to 10
Q4 2:46 · DET 99-109 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 57% |
| 7 | Threes made | 12 |
| 28% | Three-point accuracy | 48% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 3 |
| 34 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 22 | Assists | 29 |
| 62 | Points in the paint | 60 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 25 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 22 |
| 9 | Steals | 3 |
| 5 | Blocks | 9 |
