The tension only grew with the Thunder having not only a week off but having salted away its No. 1 seed long ago, rendering the rest of its regular season slate low-leverage. In t

An absolute beat-down of a game took place on Sunday between the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Memphis Grizzlies. In Game 1 of the first round, the Thunder annihilated the Grizzlies in a 131-80 victory on Easter Sunday.

Safe to say the Thunder passed its first test of the playoffs. Oklahoma City mauled Memphis 131-80 Sunday to take a 1-0 lead in the Western Conference first-round series.