Schedule and 2016-17 Results
Regular Season Records: San Antonio 61-21, Memphis 43-39
Game 1 on Saturday, 15 April: Memphis loses at San Antonio, 111-pts-82
Game 2 on Monday, 17 April: Memphis loses at San Antonio, 96-pts-82
Game 3 on Thursday, 20 April: San Antonio loses at Memphis, 105-pts-94
Game 4 on Saturday, 22 April: San Antonio loses at Memphis, 110-pts-108 (OT)
Game 5 on Tuesday, 25 April: Memphis loses at San Antonio, 116-pts-103
Game 6 on Thursday, 27 April: San Antonio wins at Memphis, 103-pts-96

SERIES NOTES:

After Game 6: The San Antonio Spurs visited and outscored the Memphis Grizzlies 103-pts-96 to complete a 4-games-2 best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1340 victory. With the series 1340 win, the San Antonio Spurs improve their best-of-7 NBA playoff series record to 36-22 overall and 12-3 in the Preliminary round. With the series 1340 loss, the Memphis Grizzlies see their best-of-7 NBA playoff series record fall to 4-10 overall and 3-7 in the Preliminary round. The win order for the victorious San Antonio Spurs in series 1340 was WWLLWW: Series 1340 thus becomes the eighth NBA Preliminary-round series, the 33rd NBA series (all rounds), and the 75th MLB/NBA/NHL series (all rounds) to follow that win order to completion. San Antonio has now defeated Memphis in four of five best-of-7 NBA playoff series meetings. San Antonio trailed in Memphis by five points at halftime of series 1340 Game 6, but won: In the history of best-of-7 NBA playoff series beginning in 1947, road teams down five points at halftime had a 29-89 (.246) game record.

After Game 5: The San Antonio Spurs hosted and bested the Memphis Grizzlies 116-pts-103 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1340 lead of 3-games-2. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-2, the San Antonio Spurs have a series record of 14-3 and a Game 6 record of 11-6. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-2, the Memphis Grizzlies have a series record of 0-3 and a Game 6 record of 2-1.

After Game 4: The Memphis Grizzlies hosted and bested the San Antonio Spurs 110-pts-108 in overtime to knot best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1340 at 2-games-all. When tied 2-games-all in a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series, the San Antonio Spurs have a series record of 11-9 and a Game 5 record of 12-8, while the Memphis Grizzlies have a series record of 1-3 and a Game 5 record of 2-2.

After Game 3: The Memphis Grizzlies hosted and bested the San Antonio Spurs 105-pts-94 to reduce the San Antonio Spurs best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL series 1340 lead to 2-games-1. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-1, the San Antonio Spurs have a series record of 19-6 and a Game 4 record of 11-14. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-1, the Memphis Grizzlies have a series record of 1-1 and a Game 4 record of 1-1. The San Antonio Spurs have lost the last two best-of-7 NBA playoff series which they have led 2-games-1, losing in series 1275 to the Los Angeles Clippers in seven games in the 2015 NBA Preliminary round, and losing in series 1313 to the Oklahoma City Thunder in the 2016 NBA Quarterfinals.

After Game 2: The San Antonio Spurs hosted and topped the Memphis Grizzlies 96-pts-82 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1340 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 23-2 with an active five-series winning streak and a Game 3 record of 14-11. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-nil, the Memphis Grizzlies have a series record of 1-5 and a Game 3 record of 1-5. The sole Memphis series win when down 2-games-nil occurred in series 1210, in which the Grizzlies captured Games 3-6 to defeat the Los Angeles Clippers in the 2013 NBA Preliminary round.

After Game 1: The San Antonio Spurs hosted and bested the Memphis Grizzlies 111-pts-82 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1340 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 29-7 and a Game 2 record of 25-11. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the Memphis Grizzlies have a series record of 2-8 with an active four-series losing streak and a Game 2 record of 4-6. The 29-point victory by San Antonio over Memphis in 2017 NBA Preliminary-round Game 1 is only slightly less than the 32-point victory by the Spurs over the Grizzlies in 2016 NBA Preliminary-round Game 1.

Pre-series assessment: In the 2016-17 NBA regular season, the San Antonio Spurs finished 18 games ahead of the Memphis Grizzlies. From 1947 through the 2016 NBA Finals round, when NBA teams led their best-of-7 playoff series opponents by 18 regular-season games, they have posted a best-of-7 playoff series record of 6-0 (1.000) in those series against those opponents. MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series 1340 is the 58th best-of-7 NBA playoff series for the San Antonio Spurs, and the 14th for the Memphis Grizzlies. In best-of-7 NBA playoff series, the San Antonio Spurs have an all-rounds series record of 35-22, a Preliminary-round series record of 11-3, and a Game 1 record of 36-21, while the Memphis Grizzlies have an all-rounds series record of 4-9, a Preliminary-round series record of 3-6, and a Game 1 record of 3-10.