With their 96-82 win over Memphis, the Spurs have now won their last 10 playoff games against the Grizzlies.
The first half of this game played out like the last three quarters of the first game of the series with the Spurs playing smothering defense and making the Grizzlies’ life on offense a complete nightmare.
Memphis scored just 54 points in the final three quarters of the first game, an average of 18 points per quarter, and in the first half on Monday night they managed only 37. It looked like it would be another blowout with the Spurs leading by as much as 26 in the second quarter before the Grizz finished the quarter with a 7-0 run to cut it to 19 at the break, 56-37.