After they failed to qualify for the playoffs their first eight seasons, the Memphis Grizzlies got swept their first three playoff series, in 2004, 2005, and 2006. However, things turned around in stunning fashion in 2011, when the eighth-seeded Grizzlies defeated the top-seeded San Antonio Spurs, 101-98, in the first game of their series en route to winning the match-up, 4-3. Memphis would secure its only Western Conference Finals appearance two years later.