Schedule and 2010-11 Results
Regular Season Records: Oklahoma City 55-27, Memphis 46-36
Game 1 on Sunday, 01 May: Memphis wins at Oklahoma City, 114-pts-101
Game 2 on Tuesday, 03 May: Memphis loses at Oklahoma City, 111-pts-102
Game 3 on Saturday, 07 May: Oklahoma City loses at Memphis, 101-pts-93 (OT)
Game 4 on Monday, 09 May: Oklahoma City wins at Memphis, 133-pts-123 (3OT)
Game 5 on Wednesday, 11 May: Memphis loses at Oklahoma City, 99-pts-72
Game 6 on Friday, 13 May: Oklahoma City loses at Memphis, 95-pts-83
Game 7 on Sunday, 15 May: Memphis loses at Oklahoma City, 105-pts-90

SERIES NOTES:

Post-series assessment: The Oklahoma City Thunder defeated the Memphis Grizzlies 4-games-3 in MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series 1147. With the series 1147 win, the Oklahoma City Thunder improve their best-of-7 NBA playoff series record to 2-1 overall and 1-0 in the Quarterfinals; with the series 1147 loss, the Memphis Grizzlies see their best-of-7 NBA playoff series record fall to 1-4 overall and 0-1 in the Quarterfinals. The win order for the victorious Oklahoma City Thunder in series 1147 was LWLWWLW: Series 1147 thus becomes the third NBA Quarterfinals series, the seventh NBA series (all rounds), and the 20th MLB/NBA/NHL series (all rounds) to follow this win order to completion. In series 1147 Game 3, Memphis trailed the visiting Oklahoma City Thunder by 13 points after the third quarter, but rallied for a 101-pts-93 overtime win: In the history of best-of-7 NBA playoff games before Game 3 of the Memphis-Oklahoma City series, home teams trailing by 13 points after three quarters had only a 1-29 (.033) game record - the only other home team to trail by 13 after three quarters of a best-of-7 NBA playoff game but win the game was the Los Angeles Lakers, in Game 7 of their 2000 NBA Semifinals series against the Portland Trailblazers. Series 1147 Game 4 was only the fifth best-of-7 NBA playoff game to go to triple overtime, and the first since Game 6 of the 2009 NBA Preliminary-round series between the Chicago Bulls and Boston Celtics (with Chicago winning 128-pts-127 at home) - the game also constituted a fine comeback by Oklahoma City, which trailed by 12 points after the first quarter: In the history of best-of-7 NBA playoff games prior to Memphis-Oklahoma City Game 4, road teams down a dozen after one quarter had a game record of only 7-41 (.146). The Memphis Grizzlies trailed the visiting Oklahoma City Thunder by ten points at halftime in series 1147 Game 6: In the history of best-of-7 NBA playoff games, teams trailing by ten points irrespective of site at halftime had only a 19-99 (.161) game record.

Pre-series assessment: In the 2010-11 regular season, Oklahoma City finished nine games ahead of Memphis. From 1947 through the 2011 NBA Preliminary round, when NBA teams led their best-of-7 playoff series opponents by nine regular-season games, they have posted an 18-2 (.900) best-of-7 series record in those series against those opponents. MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series 1147 is the fifth best-of-7 playoff series for Memphis, and the third for Oklahoma City. In best-of-7 NBA playoff series, Memphis has a 1-3 series record, a 0-0 Quarterfinals-round series record, and a 1-3 Game 1 record, while Oklahoma City has a 1-1 series record, a 0-0 Quarterfinals-round record, and a 1-1 Game 1 record. Series 1147 is the first best-of-7 NBA playoff series meeting between Memphis and Oklahoma City. The predecessor franchise of the Memphis Grizzlies was the Vancouver Grizzlies; the predecessor franchise of the Oklahoma City Thunder was the Seattle Supersonics; series 1147 constitutes a 2011 NBA Quarterfinals matchup between two natural geographic rivals from the Pacific Northwest.