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Ezeli doesn't play in Warriors' Game 1 win

OAKLAND -- Anderson Varejao played almost seven minutes before the ejection and even after he was tossed, Festus Ezeli never saw the court to pick up his first DNP of the postseason.

Ezeli didn't have the best first-round series against Houston, averaging 3.8 points and 3.4 rebounds and one turnover a game. He had a plus/minus of just +8 during a series in which the Warriors outscored Houston by 94 points."It was a matchup thing," Kerr said of playing Varejao over Ezeli. "We felt like Andy made some sense. Thought Andy played great. As it is, we played 11 people significant minutes.