Tenacious Grizzlies steal one in San Antone, 116-114.

Memphis handed the champs their first home loss in thrilling fashion. The scoring went: 32-32, 23-25 (ME), 38-26 (SA) & 35-29 (ME). Brandon Ingram had 25 points. Dejounte Murray came very close to a triple-double (19 points, 8 rebounds, 8 assists, 5 steals). Fred VanVleet had 16 points and had a look at the buzzer, but couldn't knock it down (4-5 3PT). Evan Fournier had 16 points. Andre Drummond had 14 points, 17 rebounds & 3 blocks. P.J. Tucker notched 12 points. It just wasn't enough, even with the Spurs shooting 45% from 3PT territory.

Trouble is, Memphis shot 47% from 3PT range and tore up the fast break, 26-12, narrowly won the interior 46-44, scorched the bench battle 45-24. The Grizzlies had 9 blocks as a team. The Spurs even won the rebounding war and had 11 steals, but the Grizzlies had 9 steals, leading by as much as 10 points to the Spurs eight-point spread at one moment in the game.

Dillon Brooks was the reason with 27 points, hitting 5 heart-crushing three-pointers and the fifth came late, putting the Spurs on the brink of defeat. Tyus Jones had 15 points, with Ja Morant struggling to score for just 12 points (5-12, 3 turnovers). Jarren Jackson, Jr., had 13 points. Justice Winslow had 12 points also. Jonas Valanciunas had 21 rebounds, a beast down low.

"They played one hell of a game," Coach Popovich spoke after the buzzer.