Although Morant and Jackson both have 30+10 stats, and the Splash Brothers only scored a total of 39 minutes, the Warriors beat the Grizzlies in the Western Conference Semifinals G1 to open the series. However, the Warriors should not be too happy too soon, the Warriors in this game a number of disadvantages into an advantage only to win 1 point.
It's really exciting for the Warriors to come out on top without home-court advantage in the series, and since 1975 the Warriors have all advanced in the series in which they won G1 in the division semifinals, and have even reached the Finals six times in seven of these series. You know, the Warriors' history has only participated in the 8th Finals so far. However, don't be too happy too soon, the Warriors in this series G1 multiple disadvantages become advantages and only win 1 point.
The Warriors led 56-44 in terms of penalty area scoring in this game, and won 12 points in the penalty area alone, which provided a lot of help for the Warriors' final narrow victory. However, we can't ignore that in the first round of the playoffs, the Warriors averaged only 44.8 points per game of 9 of the 16 playoff teams, 3.2 points less than their opponents, and the Warriors' average penalty area scores in the regular season were only 44.7 points per game in the 25th place in the league; and the Grizzlies averaged the highest 57.6 points per game in the 30 teams in the regular season this season, and the average penalty area score of 53.0 points in the first round of the playoffs was also the highest in the league. Averaging 13.3 points per game in the penalty area!
The Warriors' 16 frontcourt rebounds in this game were a surprise, with Wiggins, Gary Payton II and Poole all grabbing no less than three frontcourt rebounds. The Warriors averaged 9.8 frontcourt rebounds per game in the regular season, ranking 20th among the league's 30 teams, and in the first round of this playoff season, the Warriors averaged only 7.0 rebounds per game of the second-to-last of the 16 playoff teams.
The explosion of rebounds in the frontcourt has caused the Warriors' secondary offensive points to far exceed normal levels. The Warriors averaged just 12.6 points per game in the regular season and 12.8 points in the first round of the playoffs, but the Warriors' second offense scores in G1 in the Western Conference Semifinals were 26 points, which is unlikely to be the norm.
The interior line has never been the Warriors' strength, but it is the foundation of the Grizzlies, but in the Western Conference Semifinals G1, the Warriors played a huge interior advantage, in which case the Warriors only won 1 point. The Warriors can't have such an inside advantage throughout the series, and the Grizzlies' inside advantage determines that they are against the Warriors in terms of style of play, how can the Warriors easily eliminate the Grizzlies?