The San Antonio Spurs beat the Detroit Pistons 105-93.
The Pistons got within 90-88 on Ish Smith’s layup with 5:05 to play, but DeMar DeRozan answered with a three-point play, and the Pistons got no closer.
LaMarcus Aldridge scored 24 points (12 in the paint), and Derrick White added 15 points (10 in the paint).
For the Pistons, Reggie Jackson scored 22 points with 5 3-pointers.
The Spurs shot 51.9% from the field and 52.9% from 3 to the Pistons’ 36.0% and 39.5%. The Pistons got 8 offensive rebounds, about 6 fewer than usual for the shots they missed. The Spurs outscored the Pistons 27-16 in 9 minutes with Aldridge, Gay, Belinelli, DeRozan and Mills on the floor together.