Though he wasn't sidelined for long, the star of Games 1 and 2 had just four points at halftime with four turnovers. He finished with seven points and six turnovers.
Tony Parker led the Spurs with 21 points.
Detroit opened the second half with a 13-5 run ending in an alley-oop reverse slam by Wallace off a pass from Hamilton, a play that brought the fans out of their seats and left rapper Eminem waving a red, white and blue towel from his seat behind the Spurs' bench.
But the Spurs came right back with a 9-0 run to regain the lead 56-54 before the Pistons closed the quarter with a 16-9 run to take a five-point lead into the final quarter.
"There are no games to waste," Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said beforehand.
"We've created an opportunity for ourselves, and it would be great to take advantage of it."
They didn't, and now it's a whole different series.
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