The San Antonio Spurs are headed to the second annual NBA Playin Tournament as the West’s 10th seed and will be taking on the 9th seeded Memphis Grizzlies on the road, who lost to the Golden State Warriors in a tie-breaking match-up today. The game will be on Wednesday at to-be-determined time on ESPN. Having Monday and Tuesday off will represent the Spurs’ first two-day break since the All-Star Break.
Here’s how the playin tournament works. It includes the 7th-10th seeds of each conference, and in the West’s case that’s either the Los Angeles Lakers or Portland Trail Blazers at 7th, which will be determined later tonight, and the Warriors in 8th, followed by the aforementioned Grizzlies and Spurs.