Fresh off an eight-point win against Philadelphia Wednesday night, San Antonio continues its 7,400 mile trek around the country in Detroit.
The Pistons are treading below the .500 mark for the season, though a 25-28 record is still cozy enough to earn a playoff spot in the Eastern Conference.
Stan Van Gundy’s squad is buoyed by its 10th-ranked defense (allowing 105.0 points per 100 possessions) and a stranglehold on the defensive glass. Its league-leading defensive rebounding rate (80.5 percent), low turnover rate (fourth in the league) and slow pace allows Detroit to limit the total possessions in each individual game.