Warriors Game 1 win over Jazz

The Warriors shot 54.5 percent and committed four turnovers against a good defense their first 24 minutes of playoff basketball in eight days.

The Dubs, after averaging 87.3 shots in the opening round against Portland and 87.1 in the regular season, got to 82 on Tuesday night (Wednesday, PHL time) while rubbing sleep out of their eyes.

Golden State went from completing the four-game sweep of the Trail Blazers on April 24 (April 25, PHL time) to an unusually long layoff to starting the new series against an opponent with the momentum of three wins in the last four outings, including two on the road, even a game seven on the road, to showing absolutely none of the unique circumstances mattered.

The Warriors went from interim coach Mike Brown saying about two hours before tipoff that “There are a lot of concerns about the layoff” and that “You might not mentally be at your sharpest when that first game comes around or physically you may not be at your sharpest when the first game comes around” to watching his team make deep incisions.

Seven turnovers by the Warriors tied a franchise playoff low for the second time in three games.

“We picked up right where we left off,” Stephen Curry said after scoring 22 points on a relatively quiet night that included just 11 shots and almost as many turnovers (four) as assists (five).

“I think our defense to start the first quarter gave us a chance to settle in offensively and find our rhythm.

On the night the organization celebrated the 10-year anniversary of the We Believe Warriors, the Baron Davis-Stephen Jackson-Jason Richardson that shocked the Mavericks in the first round, Golden State 2016-17 hit the rewind button as well.