After a grueling few weeks, the Spurs caught a break in the schedule with the visit of the East-worst, shorthanded Pistons to the AT&T Center. Despite not looking particularly sharp while resting a few players of their own, the Silver and Black got an easy 106-91 win to get back to .500.
No Dejounte Murray, DeMar DeRozan and Patty Mills for the Spurs and basically their entire veteran stable for the Pistons meant that this one was going to be ugly. For San Antonio, the start was particularly tricky, as Derrick White seemed a little rusty at the role of main facilitator.