The Grizzlies struggled to get anything going against Oklahoma City's stingy defense. Star point guard Ja Morant had 17 points on 6-of-17 shooting. Marvin Bagley added 17 points off the bench on 8-of-8 shooting, the team's lone bright spot.

The Oklahoma City Thunder beat the Memphis Grizzlies 131-80 in Game 1 of their Western Conference playoff series, the fifth-biggest margin of victory in NBA postseason history.

If their opening 2025 NBA playoff showing against the Memphis Grizzlies is any indication, the Oklahoma City Thunder are who we thought they were. The first-pla