[Mister Magoo]

Here's the breakdown of ROAD teams that won Game 1 of the Conference Finals:

2002 - Western Conference Finals, LAL wins Game 1, wins series.
2001 - Western Conference Finals, LAL wins Game 1, wins series.
1999 - Eastern Conference Finals, NYK wins Game 1, wins series.
1995 - Western Conference Finals, HOU wins Game 1, wins series.
1991 - Western Conference Finals, LAL wins Game 1, wins series.
1989 - Eastern Conference Finals, CHI wins Game 1, loses series.
1988 - Eastern Conference Finals, DET wins Game 1, wins series.

In the same time period, from 1984-present, in the Conference Finals, if the ROAD TEAM wins Game 1, it goes on to win the series 85.7% of the time.

[KayEyeDoubleDee]

Another odd stat from last night's broadcast: The winner of Game one has won the last 19 Conference Finals series (going back to 1994-ish)