San Antonio's eight-game winning streak isn't just momentum—it's built on sustainable offensive architecture that Detroit can no longer match. The Spurs are scoring 129+ PPG over their last three games through ball movement and five contributors averaging 10+ PPG, metrics that replicate regardless of opponent. Ivey's absence doesn't just cost Detroit a scorer; it forces Cade Cunningham into an unsustainable primary playmaking load (his assists line drifted from -2100 to +2800, signaling sharp money's disbelief that he maintains creation rates with backup guards like Daniss Jenkins (5.4 PPG, 2.4 APG) replacing elite perimeter depth. This is role compression, not injury overreaction. The real edges are perimeter-based. Devin Vassell (38.2% from three over last five games) exploits Duncan Robinson's diminished form (9.0 PPG, down from 11.0 season average), while Stephon Castle's secondary creation (6.4 APG, last five) becomes primary against Detroit's fractured backup guard rotation. San Antonio's ball movement creates spacing that Cunningham's forced isolation attempts cannot replicate—Popovich's scheme is built to punish offensive rigidity. Without Ivey to diversify creation, the Pistons become predictable, and sharp professionals have already priced this into their systematic abandonment of Detroit's prop overs. The Wembanyama-Duren matchup gets narrative oxygen but misses the structural problem: Duren's...