The San Antonio Spurs can sweep the series on Monday with a win over the Memphis Grizzlies.

Game 4 tipoff is at 9 p.m. ET on ESPN.  You can watch it HERE.

The Spurs are one win away from their first return to the NBA finals since 2007.  The Grizzlies, meanwhile, are desperate to avoid getting swept and must win on Monday to force a fifth game.

"We know they're not going to lay down," Spurs forward Tim Duncan told AP reporters.   "We're going to have to beat them.  We understand what we have going here, and we understand that we want to finish it as quickly as we can." 

San Antonio's window to win another championship with their Big Three is closing.  Duncan, Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili can only fight Father Time but for so long.  The Spurs have made it into the playoffs for 16 straight years, according to the Associated Press.  If they can close out the series in Game 4, its veterans will have a few extra days to rest.

"We want to finish as soon as we can for a lot of different reasons," Spurs guard Tony Parker said.  "I think that we should give them no hope, and it's always sweet to win on the road.  I'm pretty sure the whole team understands that we have to keep taking nothing for granted and keep playing our game and try to finish (on Monday)."

Memphis was swept by San Antonio is the 2004 playoffs.  All 107 teams that have led 3-0 in a best-of-seven series have always won. 

"My hope though is for us to not listen to you guys and say that's never been done before, that it's just a matter of time before the series is over and to reach down in their soul and dig for something that they didn't know they had because that's what you have to do to win a championship," Memphis coach Lionel Hollins told reporters.

The Grizzlies won't go down without trying.  Even if they don't make it out of the conference finals, no team wants to get swept.

"We have a lot of pride in this team, in this city," Grizzlies guard Mike Conley said.  "It's more than just basketball here, and we owe it to ourselves, owe it to the fans not to get swept and embarrassed on our home court."