The Golden State Warriors stumbled into the playoffs, losing three of their last four (and 10 of their last 17) regular season games, but had no trouble to dismiss the San Antonio Spurs 113-92 in Game 1 of this Conference Quarterfinals series. I assume they're looking to make a statement and prove people that doubted them wrong, and I predict another rout here Monday night.

This is not a great Spurs team, and coach Gregg Popovich was not happy with the performance in the first game. "I thought we were very prepared physically and mentally, but I was mistaken. As I said, we looked like deer in the headlights. The defense was really poor as far as following game plan of the first quarter, and it's a bad combination to play defense like that and not shoot at the other end."

Warriors are 6-2 ATS in the last eight meetings.

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