Grizzlies vs. Warriors: Game 1 Score and Twitter Reaction from 2015 NBA Playoffs

A team might stop the Golden State Warriors someday. That day just doesn't look like it's coming anytime soon.

Stephen Curry scored a game-high 22 points as one of five Warriors in double figures, helping Golden State earn a 101-86 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies in Game 1 of their Western Conference semifinals series on Sunday.

The Warriors shot 50.6 percent overall from the field, blitzing a Memphis defense that finished fourth in defensive efficiency during the regular season. Draymond Green scored 16 points, Klay Thompson added 18 and Harrison Barnes had 11 on 4-of-4 shooting. Golden State shot 13-of-28 from three-point range and never trailed after the 10-minute mark of the first quarter.

The performance extended the Warriors' home streak, per the team's Twitter account: 

Playing at Oracle Arena for the first time since April 20, the Warriors showed no signs of rust after their break. They scored 32 points in the first quarter, led by nine at halftime and put the game away in a swarming third quarter in which they held Memphis to 14 points. 

"We got a lot of pub for our offense, but the main reason why we’re here at this point of the season and the main reason why we had the win-loss record that we did is because we guard defensively," Andrew Bogut told reporters before the game.

"We're just as physical as most teams we play against," he said. "It just doesn't get noticed because we've got two guys (Curry and Thompson) that just fill up he score sheet, shooting threes from all over the court."

The Grizzlies overall got solid outings from their top players. They shot 45.2 percent overall, saw Zach Randolph and Marc Gasol combine for 41 points and had Tony Allen go off for an uncharacteristic 15 points. That scoring output might have been enough for their first-round series against Portland in which the Grizzlies held the high-powered Blazers to 99 points per 100 possessions. 

Heavy underdogs coming into the series, the Grizzlies were dealt another blow when point guard Mike Conley was ruled out before the game. Conley suffered multiple facial fractures in Game 3 of Memphis' first-round series against Portland. He attempted to work out in pregame warm-ups wearing a mask but was kept confined to the bench as expected.

"I'm getting used to this mask. Trying to make sure my peripheral vision is right," Conley told reporters. "I'll try it again for Game 2 and see how it goes."

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Without Conley, the Grizzlies were forced into giving Nick Calathes and Beno Udrih heavy minutes. Calathes got the start and is the better defender, but he struggled all afternoon with his shot and went scoreless in 21 minutes. Udrih was more effective from an offensive perspective en route to scoring seven points but could not contend with Thompson or Curry.

"Mike Conley is as tremendous of an athlete as you'll ever see, and he has a big heart," Memphis coach Dave Joerger told reporters of his point guard on Friday. "He's able to stay in front of speed guys as well as anybody in the league. The guys that give him problems are the bigger and stronger guys like Westbrook and guys like that. Especially against speed guys, he can match speed for speed with anybody."

The Memphis offense was also stuck with nearly nonexistent production from role players. Jeff Green finished with just nine points. Vince Carter made only one of his seven shots, as he had just two points. The Grizzlies also turned the ball over 15 times, which is simply too many with their margin of error so thin.

Golden State turned in a dominant two-way performance without any player performing his best. Curry needed 18 shots for his 22 points, adding seven assists and four steals. Thompson was almost completely silent in the first half before scoring 12 of his 18 points in the second. Curry, Thompson and Andre Iguodala were the only Warriors to even have 30 minutes of playing time.

All of this bodes well for Golden State in this series and going forward. Steve Kerr's team is loaded with solid depth at nearly every position, so much so that he can play David Lee just four minutes and not blink an eye. Lee was making his first appearance of the playoffs due to a back injury, but no other team has the infrastructure to withstand the loss of such a talented player.

Speaking of Kerr, he's off to quite the start to his postseason career as a coach, per ESPN Stats & Info:

As it stands, the Grizzlies are going to need a whole lot of work to even make Golden State sweat. Not only will Conley have to return in time for Game 2, but he'll also have to perform at a near-All-Star level on both ends of the floor. Curry is perhaps the toughest player in the league to guard this side of LeBron James, and neither Calathes nor Udrih has the goods to slow him down.

The Warriors look every bit like the impenetrable force they were during their historic regular season. It's too early to call this series in their favor, but Memphis has an almost impossible task ahead if Sunday is any indication.

Stats via NBA.com unless otherwise noted. Follow Tyler Conway (@tylerconway22) on Twitter.