Game 1 was a must win for the Grizzlies for me to have a good chance of staying in the series because they can still utilize the element of surprise. Kerr and GSW veteran's playoff experience will manifest more and more as they head to the next games. Morant and the rest of his team can count on grit/fighting spirit I doubt that will be enough to advance to the next round.
Warriors are not happy with Green's ejection, for me, it doesn't look like an F2 or even a flagrant foul. We know Draymond's reputation but that was a soft foul based on my evaluation, but the refs see otherwise, so this conspiracy theory will come out now again.
Anyway, Warriors still win, and that's what matters.
I hope they'll sweep this Memphis team. KIDDING!
Its only Game 1 and many things can still happen throughout the series. We already saw Timberwolves stealing one on the road and yet they still lost 4-2.
I agree though that the experience of the Warriors will be their advantage against this young but talented Grizzlies team. Almost of them especially the core players has experience already in playoffs. I still believe though that the Grizzlies will make an adjustment and they might steal one on the road as well.
With regards to the ejection of Green, the referees are very soft that they called that a flagrant 2. Its playoffs and yet they still are that soft to the point that something like that is already a flagrant 2. Overall, I just hope that in the next games they will not be like that because its the playoffs and physicality will always be there because of their competitiveness. I don't think Kendrick Perkin's broomstick will not be used here (if you are watching in ESPN
) though there is a chance that it might happen. It already happened in the Nets-Celtics game but the chances of it to happen is very low
.