Schedule and 2015-16 Results
Regular Season Records: San Antonio 67-15, Memphis 42-40
Game 1 on Sunday, 17 April: Memphis loses at San Antonio, 106-pts-74
Game 2 on Tuesday, 19 April: Memphis loses at San Antonio, 94-pts-68
Game 3 on Friday, 22 April: San Antonio wins at Memphis, 96-pts-87
Game 4 on Sunday, 24 April: San Antonio wins at Memphis, 116-pts-95

SERIES NOTES:

After Game 4: The San Antonio Spurs visited and defeated the Memphis Grizzlies 116-pts-95 to complete a 4-games-nil best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1306 victory. With the series 1306 win, the San Antonio Spurs improve their best-of-7 NBA playoff series record to 35-21 overall and 11-3 in the Preliminary round. With the series 1306 loss, the Memphis Grizzlies see their best-of-7 NBA playoff series record fall to 4-9 overall and 3-6 in the Preliminary round. The win order for the victorious San Antonio Spurs in series 1306 was WWWW: Series 1306 thus becomes the 22nd NBA Preliminary-round series, the 71st NBA series (all rounds), and the 213rd MLB/NBA/NHL series (all rounds) to follow that win order to completion. Trailing 3-games-nil in a best-of-7 NBA playoff series, the Memphis Grizzlies are now 0-5 in Game 4. San Antonio swept series 1306 by a combined 88 points, which sets a best-of-7 NBA Preliminary-round record (previously held by the 2013 Spurs, in series 1208 over the swept Los Angeles Lakers by a combined 75 points).

After Game 3: The San Antonio Spurs visited and defeated the Memphis Grizzlies 96-pts-87 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1307 lead of 3-games-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-nil, the San Antonio Spurs have a series record of 13-0 and a Game 4 record of 8-5. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-nil, the Memphis Grizzlies have a series record of 0-4 and a Game 4 record of 0-4. The visiting Spurs trailed the Grizzlies in Memphis by a point after the third quarter. In the history of best-of-7 format NBA playoff games since 1947, inclusive, road teams down a point after the third quarter had a game record of only 45-64 (.413).

After Game 2: The San Antonio Spurs hosted and defeated the Memphis Grizzlies 94-pts-68 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1307 lead of 2-games-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-nil, the San Antonio Spurs have a series record of 22-2 (with an active four-series winning streak) and a Game 3 record of 13-11. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-nil, the Memphis Grizzlies have a series record of 1-4 and a Game 3 record of 1-4. On the one occasion when the Memphis Grizzlies won Game 3 of a best-of-7 NBA playoff series after losing Games 1-2, Memphis won the series; one the four occasions when Memphis lost Game 3 and thus trailed 3-games-nil, Memphis lost the series. San Antonio has defeated Memphis by a total of 58 points in series 1307 Games 1-2: This 58-point sum is one shy of the greatest best-of-7 NBA playoff Games 1-2 victory margin sum by teams ahead 2-games-nil, 59 points, as set in series 344 by the Philadelphia 76ers (against the New York Knickerbockers) in the 1978 NBA Quarterfinals, and tied in series 436 by the Los Angeles Lakers (against the Dallas Mavericks) in the 1984 NBA Quarterfinals.

After Game 1: The San Antonio Spurs hosted and defeated the Memphis Grizzlies 106-pts-74 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1307 lead of 1-game-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the San Antonio Spurs have a series record of 28-6 (with an active four-series winning streak) and a Game 2 record of 24-10. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the Memphis Grizzlies have a series record of 2-7 (with an active three-series losing streak) and a Game 2 record of 4-5.

Pre-series assessment: In the 2015-16 NBA regular season, the San Antonio Spurs finished 25 games ahead of the Memphis Grizzlies. From 1947 through the 2015 NBA Finals round, when NBA teams led their best-of-7 playoff series opponents by 25 regular-season games, they have posted a best-of-7 playoff series record of 4-1 (.800) in those series against those opponents. MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series 1307 is the 56th best-of-7 NBA playoff series for the San Antonio Spurs, and the 13th for the Memphis Grizzlies. In best-of-7 NBA playoff series, the San Antonio Spurs have an all-rounds series record of 34-21, a Preliminary-round series record of 10-3, and a Game 1 record of 34-21, while the Memphis Grizzlies have an all-rounds series record of 4-8, a Preliminary-round series record of 3-5, and a Game 1 record of 3-9. Series 1307 is the fourth best-of-7 NBA playoff series meeting between the San Antonio Spurs and the Memphis Grizzlies. San Antonio won two of the three previous best-of-7 NBA playoff series between the two teams.