Former Blazer Zach Randolph and his running mate Marc Gasol take on the Oklahoma City Thunder in 2011's first game seven. Photo courtesy of the Memphis Commercial Appeal.

An axiom that has been getting some serious play over the last month and change is that a Playoff series is not a Playoff series until the road team wins. Let me give you another one, and see what you think. The Playoffs aren’t the Playoffs until we get a game seven. So to that end, the 2011 Playoffs will officially begin this afternoon in Oklahoma City, when the eighth seeded Memphis Grizzlies take on the number four seed OKC Thunder.

If the previous six games in this series have taught us anything, it’s that both of these teams are capable of winning an important game, that both teams can score and defend but maybe not do both at the same time, and that this game seven is going to be a slobberknocker.

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