Blake Griffin played 43 minutes on Saturday in Game 1 against the Jazz for 26 points, two triples, seven rebounds, three assists, a steal and six turnovers.

Griffin scored 11 in the 1st quarter along with two from three. He slowed down a bit and had trouble keeping the ball on his drives. Without Rudy Gobert, the Jazz’s interior defense is something that Griffin and DeAndre Jordan should be taking an advantage of so look for Griffin to attack the basket for easy buckets or to get fouled in Game 2 on Tuesday.