Schedule and 2013-14 Results
Regular Season Records: Oklahoma City 59-23, Memphis 50-32
Game 1 on Saturday, 19 April: Memphis loses at Oklahoma City, 100-pts-86
Game 2 on Monday, 21 April: Memphis wins at Oklahoma City, 111-pts-105 (OT)
Game 3 on Thursday, 24 April: Oklahoma City loses at Memphis, 98-pts-95 (OT)
Game 4 on Saturday, 26 April: Oklahoma City wins at Memphis, 92-pts-89 (OT)
Game 5 on Tuesday, 29 April: Memphis wins at Oklahoma City, 100-pts-99 (OT)
Game 6 on Thursday, 1 May: Oklahoma City wins at Memphis, 104-pts-84
Game 7 on Saturday, 3 May: Memphis loses at Oklahoma City, 120-pts-109

SERIES NOTES:

After Game 7: The Oklahoma City Thunder hosted and defeated the Memphis Grizzlies 120-pts-109 to complete a 4-games-3 best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1241 victory. With the series 1241 win, the Oklahoma City Thunder improve their best-of-7 NBA playoff series record to 7-4 overall and 4-1 (with an active four-Preliminary-round series winning streak) in the Preliminary round. With the series 1241 loss, the Memphis Grizzlies see their best-of-7 NBA playoff series record fall to 3-7 overall and 2-5 in the Preliminary round. The win order for the victorious Oklahoma City Thunder in series 1241 was WLLWLWW: Series 1241 thus becomes the first NBA Preliminary-round series, the sixth NBA series (all rounds), and the 11th MLB/NBA/NHL series (all rounds) to follow that win order to completion. Oklahoma City trailed Memphis by nine points at home after the first quarter of Game 7: In the history of best-of-7 NBA playoff games, home teams trailing by nine points after the first quarter had a game record of only 16-30 (.348).

After Game 6: The Oklahoma City Thunder visited and topped the Memphis Grizzlies 104-pts-84 to tie best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1241 at 3-games-all. When tied 3-games-all in a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series, the Oklahoma City Thunder have a Game 7 record of 1-0, while the Memphis Grizzlies have a Game 7 record of 0-2.

After Game 5: The Memphis Grizzlies visited and defeated the Oklahoma City Thunder 100-pts-99 in overtime to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1241 lead of 3-games-2. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-2, the Memphis Grizzlies have a series record of 2-0 and a Game 6 record of 2-0. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-2, the Oklahoma City Thunder have a series record of 0-1 and a Game 6 record of 0-1. Series 1241 is the second best-of-7 NBA playoff series to feature four overtime games (the first: series 1072, in which the Chicago Bulls and the Boston Celtics went to overtime in Games 1, 4, 5, and 6 of that 2009 NBA Preliminary-round series) and the first to feature four consecutive overtime games.

After Game 4: The Oklahoma City Thunder visited and topped the Memphis Grizzlies 92-pts-89 in overtime to tie best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1241 at 2-games-all. When tied 2-games-all in a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series, the Oklahoma City Thunder have a series record of 2-1 and a Game 5 record of 2-1, while the Memphis Grizzlies have a series record of 1-1 and a Game 5 record of 1-1.

After Game 3: The Memphis Grizzlies hosted and vanquished the Oklahoma City Thunder 98-pts-95 in overtime to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1241 lead of 2-games-1. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-1, the Memphis Grizzlies have a series record of 2-1 and a Game 4 record of 2-1. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-1, the Oklahoma City Thunder have a series record of 2-4 and a Game 4 record of 3-3.

After Game 2: The Memphis Grizzlies visited and bested the Oklahoma City Thunder 111-pts-105 in overtime to knot best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1241 at 1-game-all. When tied 1-game-all in a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series, the Oklahoma City Thunder have a series record of 1-3 and a Game 3 record of 0-4, while the Memphis Grizzlies have a series record of 2-2 and a Game 3 record of 3-1. The 0-4 Game 3 record of the Oklahoma City Thunder when tied 1-game-all in a best-of-7 NBA playoff series ties that of the old NBA Syracuse Nationals as an MLB/NBA/NHL worst in that situation.

After Game 1: The Oklahoma City Thunder hosted and bested the Memphis Grizzlies 100-pts-86 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1241 lead of 1-game-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the Oklahoma City Thunder have a series record of 4-2 and a Game 2 record of 4-2. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the Memphis Grizzlies have a series record of 2-5 and a Game 2 record of 2-5.

Pre-series assessment: In the 2013-14 NBA regular season, Oklahoma City finished nine games ahead of Memphis. From 1947 through the 2013 NBA Finals round, inclusive, when NBA teams led their best-of-7 playoff series opponents by nine regular-season games, they have posted a 19-2 (.905) best-of-7 series record in those series against those opponents. MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series 1241 is the tenth best-of-7 NBA playoff series for Memphis, and the 11th for Oklahoma City. In best-of-7 NBA playoff series, Memphis has a 3-6 series record, a 2-4 Preliminary-round series record, and a 2-7 Game 1 record, while Oklahoma City has a 6-4 series record, a 3-1 Preliminary-round series record, and a 6-4 Game 1 record. Series 1241 is the third best-of-7 NBA playoff series meeting between Memphis and Oklahoma City; the teams split their previous two best-of-7 NBA playoff series meetings.