The Spurs won their second home game of the season, in five tries, against the Detroit Pistons. It wasn’t the prettiest of performances, with the first half resembling the last couple of home losses, but against the Pistons their deficit wasn’t enough to bury the Spurs. A dominant defensive performance in the second half lifted the Spurs to victory, improving their record to 6-3 for the year.
After giving up 73 first-half points to the Clippers and 63 first-half points to the Rockets, the 52 points the Spurs gave up in the first 24 minutes to the Pistons wasn’t too bad.