SAN ANTONIO -- Don't think for a minute that Tuesday's battle between the San Antonio Spurs and Memphis Grizzlies will be another routine game with both teams playing out the string.
Yes, the Spurs have clinched at least the NBA's second-best record with six games to play but they still haven't really solved Memphis, a squad that's handed San Antonio two of its losses this season. Even when the Spurs beat the Grizzlies in a 97-90 slugfest on March 23 -- it took all San Antonio had.
The kicker in this conversation is that if the playoffs began today, the Spurs and Grizzlies would square off in the first round.