⏱️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.
Where it moved
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Made eighteen threes to their seven- They went cold, seven of 36 from three
- Beaten inside, 44 points in the paint to 62
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 7 down to 2 up
Q1 6:20 · DET 18-16 SA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Spurs
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 12
Q1 11:05 · DET 2-14 SA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 6 down to 3 up
Q2 7:30 · DET 35-38 SA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 10
Q3 6:51 · DET 64-74 SA
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Keldon Johnson and Jalen Duren
Q2 3:21 · DET 45-47 SA
📊The numbers
| DET | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 7 | Threes made | 18 |
| 19% | Three-point accuracy | 45% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 20 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 21 | Assists | 32 |
| 62 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 7 | Steals | 8 |
| 8 | Blocks | 11 |
