Plenty of grit and determination will be on display when two slug-it-out rivals, the San Antonio Spurs and the Memphis Grizzlies, square off for the first round of the NBA playoffs. The bell rings for Game 1 in this heavyweight fight for the second-seeded Spurs and No. 7 Grizzlies on Saturday at the AT&T Center in San Antonio.
The two teams split their season series in 2016-17 and have met four previous times in the Western Conference playoffs, with the Spurs sweeping all but one of the matchups. That one series was a big one though, as the eighth-seeded Grizzlies upset the top-seeded Spurs in the first round in 2011.