⏱️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 fourth quarter. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ DET better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 4 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, ten turnovers to their eighteen
A 13-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 4 in the third 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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 1 down to 9 up
Q2 7:52 · SA 42-33 DET
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 12
Q3 3:52 · SA 80-68 DET
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 15
Q4 5:08 · SA 97-82 DET
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Rudy Gay flagrant foul type 1
Q3 5:28 · SA 71-60 DET
Pistons
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 4
Q3 6:28 · SA 71-67 DET
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Saddiq Bey misses free throw flagrant 1 of 2
Q3 5:28 · SA 71-61 DET
📊The numbers
| SA | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 11 | Threes made | 8 |
| 46% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 28 | Assists | 15 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 3 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 12 | Steals | 2 |
| 7 | Blocks | 5 |
