Mar 25, 2026; Memphis, Tennessee, USA; San Antonio Spurs guard Devin Vassell (24) shoots as Memphis Grizzlies forward Taylor Hendricks (22) defends during the second quarter at FedExForum. Mandatory Credit: Petre Thomas-Imagn Images | Petre Thomas-Imagn Images Now that I’m writing these re cap articles, blowouts like this can be a little frustrating. The reason is that I find myself looking at the box score as the second half progresses and thinking things like, “Wow, the Spurs could hold Memphis to 70 points on 20 field goals if they really wanted to, but — because they’re up by almost 40 — the last 15 minutes will only be ‘played’ in the most literal sense of the word.” In other words, I see the possibility of a glorious box score littered with statistical combinations that haven’t occurred in recent history, but know deep down that those gems will turn to dust as the fourth quarter unwinds. Fortunately, these selfish moments quickly give way to the realization that the Spurs won easily, and that Memphis wanted them to, so this whole event was one big victory for all parties involved. What’s more, last night’s game did manage to produce some stunning statistical highlights, as I will outline below: San Antonio put together another exceptional rebounding performance, logging TRB and ORB differentials of +26 and +10, respectively. In the 16,759 regular season contests played since the start of 2012-2013, this is just the 50th occasion that a winning team has put together TRB and ORB margins as good or better. In their last three games, the Spurs have outrebounded their opponents by a total of +73, which is the second highest three-game differential achieved in the regular season since 2012-2013. First place is +74, recorded by Houston in 2025 between March 14th and March 17th, with successive TRB differentials of +33, +18, and +23. Another interesting thing about this game is how balanced the offensive opportunities were across the two teams. For example, the Spurs held minor edges in FGA and FTA (+3 and +2, respectively), but faced a minor disadvantage in 3PA (-4). Because offensive opportunity was roughly balanced, this game was ultimately decided by efficiency, and San Antonio had most of the critical advantages. In particular, the Spurs achieved a 12.15 percentage-point advantage in FG%, resulting in a +12 FGM margin. Because San Antonio and Memphis both made 16 threes, this means that the Spurs outscored the Grizzlies by 24 from the field. In contrast to some recent games, the Spurs were not able to extent their lead meaningfully at the free throw line. Despite the fact that Memphis has two fewer attempts and shot just 70% from the charity stripe (14-of-20), the Spurs’ 68.18% FT% was even worse, so they only managed to outscore the Grizzlies by one at the line. Since the start of 2012-2013, only 92 other regular season winners have managed to outscore an opponent by 25+ points while shooting no better that 68.18% from the line on 22+ attempts. What are Team Graded Box Scores? Very briefly, these box scores grade winner-loser differentials for basic box score statistics, with the grade being based on the winning team’s differential relative to other NBA winners during a defined reference period. Think of it like a report card for understanding how a given winner performed relative to other winners. The reference period used runs from the start of the 2012-2013 season to the latest date of play, including only games in the same season category (i.e., regular season and playoff games are not compared to each other). Data Source: The underlying data used to create these box scores was collected from Basketball Reference. In all cases, the data are collected the morning after the game is played. Although rare, postgame statistical revisions after data collection do occur and may affect the results after the fact. ...read more read less