Schedule and 2020-21 Results
Regular Season Records: Utah 52-20, Memphis 38-34
Game 1 on Sunday, 23 May: Memphis wins at Utah, 112-pts-109
Game 2 on Wednesday, 26 May: Memphis loses at Utah, 141-pts-129
Game 3 on Saturday, 29 May: Utah wins at Memphis, 121-pts-111
Game 4 on Monday, 31 May: Utah wins at Memphis, 120-pts-113
Game 5 on Wednesday, 2 June: Memphis loses at Utah, 126-pts-110

SERIES NOTES:

After Game 5: The Utah Jazz hosted and defeated the Memphis Grizzlies 126-pts-110 to complete a 4-games-1 best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1471 victory. With the series 1471 win, the Utah Jazz improve their best-of-7 NBA playoff series record to 14-21 overall and 6-5 in the Preliminary round. With the series 1471 loss, the Memphis Grizzlies see their best-of-7 NBA playoff series record fall to 4-11 overall and 3-8 in the Preliminary round. The win order for the victorious Utah Jazz in series 1471 was LWWWW: Series 1471 thus becomes the eighth NBA Preliminary-round series, the 26th NBA series (all rounds), and the 72nd MLB/NBA/NHL series (all rounds) to follow that win order to completion. Series 1471 becomes the first best-of-7 NBA playoff series victory for the Utah Jazz since the 2018 NBA Preliminary round; the Memphis Grizzlies have not won a best-of-7 NBA playoff series since the 2015 NBA Preliminary round.

After Game 4: The Utah Jazz visited and vanquished the Memphis Grizzlies 120-pts-113 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1471 lead of 3-games-1. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-1, the Utah Jazz have a series record of 9-1 and a Game 5 record of 4-6 (with an active four-Game 5 losing streak). When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-1, the Memphis Grizzlies have a series record of 0-1 and a Game 5 record of 1-0.

After Game 3: The Utah Jazz visited and defeated the Memphis Grizzlies 121-pts-111 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1471 lead of 2-games-1. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-1, the Utah Jazz have a series record of 9-2 and a Game 4 record of 9-2 (with an active six-Game 4 winning streak). When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-1, the Memphis Grizzlies have a series record of 1-2 and a Game 4 record of 2-1.

After Game 2: The Utah Jazz hosted and defeated the Memphis Grizzlies 141-pts-129 to tie best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1471 at 1-game-all. When tied 1-game-all in a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series, the Utah Jazz have a series record of 4-6 and a Game 3 record of 5-5, while the Memphis Grizzlies have a series record of 2-4 and a Game 3 record of 5-1. The 270 total points by the Memphis Grizzlies and the Utah Jazz tie for the 12th most points by both teams in a best-of-7 NBA playoff game.

After Game 1: The Memphis Grizzlies visited and defeated the Utah Jazz 112-pts-109 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1471 lead of 1-game-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the Memphis Grizzlies have a series record of 2-1 and a Game 2 record of 1-2. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the Utah Jazz have a series record of 3-18 and a Game 2 record of 5-16.

Pre-series assessment: In the 2020-21 NBA regular season, the Utah Jazz finished fourteen games ahead of the Memphis Grizzlies. From 1947 through the 2020 NBA Finals round, when NBA teams led their best-of-7 playoff series opponents by fourteen regular-season games, they have posted a best-of-7 playoff series record of 18-0 (1.000) in those series against those opponents. MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series 1471 is the 35th best-of-7 NBA playoff series for the Utah Jazz, and the 15th for the Memphis Grizzlies. In best-of-7 NBA playoff series, the Utah Jazz have an all-rounds series record of 13-21, a Preliminary-round series record of 5-5, and a Game 1 record of 13-21 (with an active five-Game 1 losing streak), while the Memphis Grizzlies have an all-rounds series record of 4-10, a Preliminary-round series record of 3-7, and a Game 1 record of 3-11. Series 1471 is the first best-of-7 NBA playoff series meeting between the Utah Jazz and the Memphis Grizzlies.