Let’s see that Jonathon Simmons block one more time.
Okay, it wasn’t all like that. For nine minutes in the Spurs’ first playoff game without Tim Duncan since 1997 the Grizzlies looked like monsters. It briefly brought to mind the 2011 upset the Grizz handed the Spurs, who lost Manu Ginobili for the first game of that series after breaking his arm in the last game of the season. Except this season it was the Grizzlies who lost a key player in the last game of the season and will most likely play the entire series without five-time All-NBA defender, Tony Allen.