San Antonio Spurs 114, Detroit Pistons 103 — Devin Vassell went scorching hot from deep with 28 points on 63.6% three-point shooting, while Victor Wembanyama added 21 points, 17 rebounds, and 6 blocks as the Spurs pulled away from the Pistons at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit. That is your quick summary of the San Antonio Spurs vs Detroit Pistons match player stats from February 23, 2026.
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Final Score and Quarter-by-Quarter Breakdown
The Pistons actually held a lead after the first quarter — but San Antonio shifted gears in Q2 and never looked back.
Quarter | Detroit Pistons | San Antonio Spurs |
|---|---|---|
Q1 | 27 | 24 |
Q2 | 28 | 33 |
Q3 | 20 | 26 |
Q4 | 28 | 31 |
FINAL | 103 | 114 |
San Antonio outscored Detroit in three of four quarters. The third quarter was where the Spurs essentially put the game away, holding Detroit to just 20 points while posting 26 of their own.
San Antonio Spurs Player Stats
Individual Box Score — Spurs
Player | POS | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | FG | 3PT | FT | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Devin Vassell | F | 28 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10/14 (71.4%) | 7/11 (63.6%) | 1/2 | +11 |
Victor Wembanyama | C | 21 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 6/16 (37.5%) | 2/5 (40.0%) | 7/8 | +13 |
Stephon Castle | G | 16 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7/16 (43.8%) | 1/1 (100%) | 1/3 | +5 |
De’Aaron Fox | G | 10 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4/17 (23.5%) | 0/5 (0%) | 2/4 | +14 |
Dylan Harper | G | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2/7 (28.6%) | 0/1 (0%) | 1/2 | +5 |
Harrison Barnes | F | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/4 (25.0%) | 1/4 (25%) | 0/0 | +3 |
Carter Bryant | F | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1/1 (100%) | 1/1 (100%) | 0/0 | -3 |
Advanced Stats — Spurs
Player | eFG% | TS% | Off. Rating | Def. Rating | Reb% | AST/TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Devin Vassell | 96.4% | 94.1% | 167.9 | 106.5 | 2.5% | 4.0 |
Victor Wembanyama | 43.8% | 53.8% | 119.3 | 89.1 | 21.8% | 1.33 |
Stephon Castle | 46.9% | 46.2% | 100.7 | 98.2 | 6.1% | 2.75 |
De’Aaron Fox | 23.5% | 26.7% | 75.8 | 93.0 | 9.6% | 3.5 |
Vassell’s true shooting percentage of 94.1% is the kind of number you simply do not see very often. It reflects just how locked in he was from every spot on the floor that night.
Detroit Pistons Player Stats
Individual Box Score — Pistons
Player | POS | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | FG | 3PT | FT | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jalen Duren | C | 25 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10/13 (76.9%) | 0/0 | 5/6 | -12 |
Ronald Holland II | F | 15 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5/13 (38.5%) | 1/6 (16.7%) | 4/4 | -6 |
Cade Cunningham | G | 16 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5/26 (19.2%) | 2/9 (22.2%) | 4/5 | -18 |
Duncan Robinson | G | 13 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5/15 (33.3%) | 3/11 (27.3%) | 0/0 | -1 |
Paul Reed | F | 10 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5/8 (62.5%) | 0/1 (0%) | 0/0 | -3 |
Ausar Thompson | F | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4/6 (66.7%) | 0/0 | 0/0 | -2 |
Daniss Jenkins | G | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3/10 (30.0%) | 0/2 (0%) | 1/2 | -1 |
Caris LeVert | G | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2/4 (50.0%) | 1/3 (33.3%) | 0/0 | -5 |
Advanced Stats — Pistons
Player | eFG% | TS% | Off. Rating | Def. Rating | Reb% | AST/TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jalen Duren | 76.9% | 79.9% | 140.1 | 102.2 | 21.9% | 0.33 |
Ronald Holland II | 42.3% | 50.8% | 126.0 | 101.6 | 19.1% | N/A |
Cade Cunningham | 23.1% | 28.4% | 79.9 | 103.5 | 7.9% | 3.33 |
Duncan Robinson | 43.3% | 43.3% | 117.0 | 116.2 | 5.1% | N/A |
Cunningham’s shooting line — 5-of-26 from the field — stands out as the single biggest issue for Detroit. His offensive rating of 79.9 when he was on the floor tells the full story.
Team Stats Comparison
Category | Detroit Pistons | San Antonio Spurs |
|---|---|---|
Points | 103 | 114 |
FG% | 37.7% | 41.6% |
3PT% | 19.4% | 45.0% |
FT% | 84.2% | 63.2% |
Total Rebounds | 69 | 67 |
Offensive Rebounds | 20 | 16 |
Assists | 21 | 32 |
Steals | 7 | 8 |
Blocks | 8 | 11 |
Turnovers | 16 | 16 |
Points in Paint | 62 | 44 |
Bench Points | 37 | 22 |
Points off Turnovers | 13 | 21 |
Fast Break Points | 16 | 13 |
Second Chance Points | 22 | 15 |
Effective FG% | 41.0% | 50.5% |
True Shooting% | 45.0% | 52.1% |
Offensive Rating | 93.3 | 104.2 |
Defensive Rating | 93.3 | 104.2 |
Assists/Turnover Ratio | 1.4 | 2.67 |
Biggest Lead | 6 | 15 |
The three-point shooting gap is where this game was decided. San Antonio went 18-of-40 from deep at 45.0%, compared to Detroit’s 7-of-36 at just 19.4%. That 33-point swing from beyond the arc made the margin look comfortable from the third quarter onward.
The Story of the Game
Detroit Hung Tough Early
The Pistons opened the game with energy. They led after one quarter 27-24, and Duren was a handful inside from the jump. He finished with 25 points on 76.9% shooting with 14 rebounds — one of the better individual performances of the night from either team. Holland also made his presence known, chipping in 15 points and 11 boards off the bench.
But Detroit’s biggest problem had nothing to do with effort. Cade Cunningham shot 5-of-26. On a night where your lead guard takes 26 field goal attempts and converts just five of them, you are going to have a rough time no matter how hard the supporting cast works. Detroit also put up 62 points in the paint, which sounds great until you realize their perimeter game was essentially nonexistent at 19.4% from three. San Antonio could afford to protect the paint and let Detroit chuck threes that weren’t going in.
Vassell Put on a Shooting Clinic
Devin Vassell’s 28-point performance was the kind of night that completely changes a player’s narrative. He went 7-of-11 from three-point range, converted all three of his two-point attempts, and posted an effective field goal percentage of 96.4%. The Spurs know how to move the ball — their 32 assists compared to Detroit’s 21 makes that obvious — and Vassell was the main beneficiary of crisp ball movement all evening.
His true shooting percentage of 94.1% for the game is a number you could stare at for a while and still not believe.
Wembanyama Did Wembanyama Things
Victor Wembanyama’s line — 21 points, 17 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 steal, 6 blocks — is exactly the type of stat sheet that reminds everyone why the basketball world keeps such a close eye on San Antonio. His +13 plus-minus was the highest among Spurs starters. He grabbed 8 offensive boards and scored 10 second-chance points, which became a real problem for Detroit’s defense to manage alongside everything else Vassell was doing on the perimeter.
Six blocks in a road game against a young, physical team shows his defensive impact is very much real and consistent.
Castle and Fox: Complementary But Steady
Stephon Castle’s 16-point, 11-assist, zero-turnover-assist game (he turned it over 4 times, but his 2.75 assist-to-turnover ratio still holds up) shows how far the young guard has come as a playmaker this season. De’Aaron Fox added 10 points, 7 rebounds, and 7 assists in a quiet but effective outing. His offensive rating suffered from 4-of-17 shooting, but his defensive rating of 93.0 shows he was genuinely impactful on that end.
Key Takeaways and Analysis
What worked for San Antonio:
- Three-point shooting at 45.0% buried Detroit — Vassell’s 7/11 performance was the central reason
- Ball movement was elite: 32 assists on 42 made field goals, a 76% assist rate
- Wembanyama’s rim protection (6 blocks, 89.1 defensive rating) shut down Detroit’s interior options
- 21 points off turnovers compared to Detroit’s 13 shows the Spurs converted opportunities at a much higher rate
What went wrong for Detroit:
- Cunningham’s 5-of-26 shooting was the game’s defining negative statistic
- Three-point shooting collapsed entirely — 7-of-36 (19.4%) against a team that can shoot means you have no margin for error
- Despite owning the paint (62 points in paint vs San Antonio’s 44) and the glass (20 offensive rebounds), Detroit could not convert that physical dominance into enough points
- Caris LeVert’s 4 turnovers in limited minutes hurt the second unit’s rhythm
The bigger picture:
San Antonio is building something real. The Spurs’ offensive rating of 104.2 and their 2.67 assist-to-turnover ratio reflect a team that plays with genuine structure. Wembanyama, Castle, Fox, and Vassell shooting it like this is a combination opposing defenses are going to struggle with as the season moves toward the playoffs.
Detroit, on the other hand, cannot afford many more games where Cunningham shoots under 25% from the field. Duren and Holland gave them everything they had, but no team survives when its primary offensive initiator goes 5-of-26.
Scoring by Player — Visual Summary
SPURS SCORING LEADERS PISTONS SCORING LEADERS
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
Vassell ████████████ 28 Duren ██████████ 25
Wembanyama █████████ 21 Cunningham ██████ 16
Castle ██████ 16 Holland ██████ 15
Fox ████ 10 Robinson █████ 13
Harper ██ 5 Reed ████ 10
Barnes █ 3 Thompson ███ 8
Bryant █ 3 Jenkins ███ 7
LeVert ██ 5Three-Point Shooting Breakdown
This is where the game was won and lost.
Category | DET | SAS |
|---|---|---|
3PT Made | 7 | 18 |
3PT Attempted | 36 | 40 |
3PT% | 19.4% | 45.0% |
Points from 3PT | 21 | 54 |
San Antonio scored 54 points from three-point territory. Detroit scored 21. That 33-point gap from the arc is the cleanest explanation for the final score.
Paint vs Perimeter Battle
Category | DET | SAS |
|---|---|---|
Points in Paint | 62 | 44 |
At-Rim FG% | 67.9% | 63.2% |
Points from 3PT | 21 | 54 |
Effective FG% | 41.0% | 50.5% |
Detroit controlled the paint. San Antonio controlled the arc. The arc won.
What to Watch Going Forward
Both teams meet again soon — San Antonio hosts Detroit on March 6, 2026. If Cunningham is going to turn things around, that rematch is an obvious opportunity. For the Spurs, keep an eye on whether Vassell can sustain anywhere near this shooting efficiency — and whether Wembanyama keeps stacking these kinds of complete performances on both ends.
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