Warriors vs. Grizzlies: Game 4 Score and Twitter Reaction from 2015 NBA Playoffs

This is the Golden State Warriors team many expected to see in the Western Conference Semifinals against the Memphis Grizzlies.

The West's top seed cruised to a 101-84 Game 4 win Monday night at the FedEx Forum in Memphis.

Stephen Curry led all scorers with 33 points. He added eight rebounds and five assists to what was his best performance of the series so far. Draymond Green had a double-double (16 points, 10 rebounds), while Klay Thompson posted a solid 15 points.

Marc Gasol had 19 points and 10 boards, but his 7-of-19 shooting night illustrates it wasn't a strong showing from the All-Star big man. The more detrimental performance from a Grizzlies perspective was Mike Conley's 10 points on 4-of-15 shooting.

Michael Cohen of the Commercial Appeal wonders if Conley is simply running out of gas:

The one player Memphis can ill afford to have off his game is Conley. Its chances of advancing will rest heavily on his shoulders.

Coming into the game, the Warriors faced serious questions. They didn't look great against the New Orleans Pelicans in the first round until the fourth quarter of Game 3, and Memphis was throwing the Dubs off their game.

Rusty Simmons of the San Francisco Chronicle highlighted how Memphis has dominated Golden State when Conley and Tony Allen were on the floor:

NBA on TNT also drew attention to how well the Grizzlies were limiting the Warriors' lethal combo of Curry and Thompson:

Head coach Steve Kerr eliminated the possibility that his team would make any radical changes in Game 4 to try to swing the momentum back its way.

"Well, we'll make some strategic adjustments for sure," he said, per Tim Kawakami of the San Jose Mercury News. "But we're not going to make major changes in terms of our rotation and who's playing and that kind of thing."

Kerr stuck to his guns and it paid off in spades, as the true difference in quality between the Warriors and the Grizzlies was laid bare Monday night. Golden State led 61-44 at halftime, effectively rendering The Grindhouse ineffectual.

Marcus Thompson of the Bay Area News Group was astounded that Golden State wasn't even playing its best basketball but still dropped 60-plus points on Memphis on the road.

The Warriors defended Gasol well through the first two quarters, holding him to 10 points on 5-of-14 shooting. Conley was also 3-of-8 from the floor to that point. SB Nation's Mike Prada praised Thompson for his defensive work on Conley:

Perhaps most glaring was the Grizzlies' 2-of-10 mark from long range. The Warriors forced Memphis farther and farther out from the paint, which isn't one of the Grizzlies' strengths. A guy like Allen is great to have at certain times, but he can drag an entire team down with his lack of spacing. The same could be said of a lot of Memphis' players.

CBS Sports' Matt Moore thinks the Warriors found the way to defend the Grizzlies from here on out:

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I talk a lot about how it’s a problem in the playoffs if you’re “solvable” offensively. Doubling the post has made Memphis solvable.

— Hardwood Paroxysm (@HPbasketball) May 12, 2015"

Kawakami added that Golden State was matching the level of physicality Memphis demonstrated:

On the offensive end, the Warriors also started looking more and more like themselves. Their 6-of-16 clip from downtown doesn't look great on its face, but it's a vast improvement from where they were earlier in the series, per ESPN Stats & Info:

Curry had 21 points, four rebounds and four assists in the first half, with Green and Thompson combining for 17 points. Green's seven rebounds also led the team.

That strong first half put the Warriors in a position of strength for the third and fourth quarters. The Grizzlies aren't built to overcome a near 20-point deficit, especially against a team as offensively potent as Golden State.

During the second half, Memphis was unable to make any serious headway. The fans desperately tried to get the Grizzlies back into the game, especially after Vince Carter completed an and-1 to make it an 18-point contest near the end of the third quarter.

The Warriors never relented, keeping their stars in the game to ensure Memphis couldn't build any sort of comeback. They know full well that a 20-point deficit can be overcome in the space of a quarter.

Golden State couldn't have done much more in Game 4 as a response following its losses in Games 2 and 3. Monday's win is why the Warriors were rightly considered title favorites before the playoffs began.

The way this postseason as a whole has unfolded, though, there's no telling what will happen in Game 5. Everybody left the Los Angeles Clippers for dead in the first round, and they beat the San Antonio Spurs in seven games.

Conley's health and level of fatigue are obvious concerns for the Grizzlies, though. If he's not somewhere close to 100 percent, Memphis could be in serious trouble.