Schedule and 2010-11 Results
Regular Season Records: San Antonio 61-21, Memphis 46-36
Game 1 on Sunday, 17 April: Memphis wins at San Antonio, 101-pts-98
Game 2 on Wednesday, 20 April: Memphis loses at San Antonio, 93-pts-87
Game 3 on Saturday, 23 April: San Antonio loses at Memphis, 91-pts-88
Game 4 on Monday, 25 April: San Antonio loses at Memphis, 104-pts-86
Game 5 on Wednesday, 27 April: Memphis loses at San Antonio, 110-pts-103 (OT)
Game 6 on Friday, 29 April: San Antonio loses at Memphis, 99-pts-91

SERIES NOTES:

Post-series assessment: The Memphis Grizzlies defeated the San Antonio Spurs 4-games-2 in MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series 1141. The series 1141 victory improves the Memphis Grizzlies best-of-7 NBA playoff series record to 1-3 overall and 1-3 in the NBA Preliminary round; the series 1141 loss drops the San Antonio Spurs best-of-7 NBA playoff series record to 25-18 overall and 7-2 in the NBA Preliminary round. The series 1141 win order for the victorious Memphis Grizzlies was WLWWLW: Series 1141 thus becomes the sixth NBA Preliminary-round series, the 21st NBA series (all rounds), and the 40th MLB/NBA/NHL series (all rounds) to follow this win order to completion. In terms of regular-season win differential, series 1141 ties series 693 for the fourth biggest upset in best-of-7 NBA playoff series history, given that San Antonio finished the 2010-11 NBA regular season with fifteen more victories than Memphis (in series 1009, the Golden State Warriors trailed the Dallas Mavericks by 25 regular-season games but won their 2007 best-of-7 NBA Preliminary-round series; in series 319, the Phoenix Suns trailed the Golden State Warriors by 17 regular-season games but won their 1976 best-of-7 NBA Semifinals series [a feat matched in series 391, in which the Kansas City Kings trailed the Phoenix Suns also by 17 games but won their 1981 best-of-7 NBA Quarterfinals series]; in series 128, the Minneapolis Lakers trailed the St. Louis Hawks by 16 regular-season games but won their 1959 best-of-7 NBA Semifinals series; and in series 693, the Houston Rockets trailed the San Antonio Spurs by 15 regular-season games but won their 1995 best-of-7 NBA Semifinals series). Whereas the best-of-7 NBA playoff series win was the first ever for the Memphis Grizzlies (which had never previously won an NBA playoff game, let alone a series), the series loss adversely impacts the San Antonio Spurs, whose 7-1 best-of-7 NBA Preliminary-round series record was the best of any NBA team having played six or more best-of-7 Preliminary-round series.

Pre-series assessment: In the 2010-11 regular season, San Antonio finished 15 games ahead of Memphis. From 1947 through the 2010 NBA Finals, when NBA teams led their best-of-7 playoff series opponents by 15 regular-season games, they have posted a 6-1 (.857) best-of-7 series record in those series against those opponents. MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series 1141 is the fourth best-of-7 playoff series for Memphis, and the 43rd for San Antonio. In best-of-7 playoff series, Memphis has a 0-3 series record (and a 0-12 game record), a 0-3 Prelim-round series record, and a 0-3 Game 1 record, while San Antonio has a 25-17 series record, a 7-1 Prelim-round record, and a 23-19 Game 1 record. Series 1141 is the second best-of-7 meeting between Memphis and San Antonio; San Antonio defeated Memphis in series 927 (in the 2004 NBA Preliminary round - the debut best-of-7 NBA playoff series for the Memphis Grizzlies).