The Memphis Grizzlies and Denver Nuggets had some things in common last season. The Grizzlies fired former coach Taylor Jenkins with nine games remaining, and the Nuggets fired Mike Malone with three games remaining. Both firings came as a surprise due to the timing and the length of time they spent as coaches of their teams.
Interestingly enough, the Grizzlies and Nuggets had an important game to play to settle their season tiebreaker, take control of gaining homecourt advantage in the first round of the playoffs, and avoid the play-in tournament on April 11th. Memphis controlled the majority of the game until a 16-3 run in the game's final seven minutes gave the Nuggets the win and clinched the fourth seed in the Western Conference Playoffs.