Warriors go 2-0 in the Jimmy Butler era: ‘Each possession doesn’t feel so hard,’ says Curry

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Milwaukee-Jimmy Butler spent part of his suspension hiatus in San Diego, the only time he was able to get on a basketball court in a five-to-five frame for almost a month where he found a decent race with some room . But it is not exactly equivalent to defending Damian Lillard in pick-and-roll and muscles through a Brook Lopez competition.

“The NBA basketball is very different from just beating,” Butler said.

Five minutes into his first game with Warriors, Butler was so exhausted that he had Steve Kerr rings for a timeout. His teammates still laughed with him about it a few days later.

Among Butler’s greatest skills is his elite conditioning. It has already been exhibited with Warriors. His ability to get immediate approval from Rick Celebrini (the team’s leading medical decision maker) and log 60 in total in two matches is an impressive achievement that sees in rhythm all the time.

“You have to think, I haven’t played basketball in a month,” Butler said. “My wind is nowhere close to where it should be. I can’t wait until I’m back in basketball form where I’m used to being. I don’t want to miss out on free kick. I have lifted on my jump shots. Right now I’m just gassed. I’m glad we win. But I have to get in better shape. “

Butler came with these comments while we were glass-out and decompressed after Warriors’ 125-111 victory in Milwaukee, a 2-0 opening to the Butler era. He only made four of his 12 shots, but Butler came to the line 15 times and had four of the team’s 16 steals, giving a new level of muscles and two -way disturbances this list so severely lacked before his arrival.

“It just tells you how good he is,” said Steph Curry. “He doesn’t feel like himself and he still affects the game.”

Butler has 28 free-throwing attempts in his two matches to become the first Warriors player to take at least 13 free throw in consecutive matches since Kevin Durant in 2018.

“No, it doesn’t,” Butler said when asked if 15 attempts felt like a lot. “Three misses are. I hate misses. “

Curry tore bucks two nights after similar scalding of the bulls. In his two games since Butler’s arrival, Curry has scored 72 points in 68 minutes on 22-of-43 shooting. He has made 14 3s and acknowledged that there was a direct correlation between his mini-breakout and Butler’s presence.

“Each possession just doesn’t feel so tough,” Curry said. “You still see attention, you still see defense, but you have to worry about something else. I want to be aggressive. Earlier this year, this aggression did not necessarily lead to something as consistent as it has the last two matches. “

In the second consecutive game, Warrior’s lead stretched to open the fourth quarter with curry on the bench and butler, led a methodical other device. Curry actually left the floor late in the third with Warriors up with 2 and Butler closed the quarter on a 6-0 race with a driving layup, two free kicks and an 11-foot from a post-up.

“It’s part of my job here,” Butler said. “Attack. Attack, attack, attack. Go into the paint, finish when I can, and be buried. I got the easy job. I am open to many times.

“They seem to give me the ball in the position that I am comfortable in just continuously being who I am. They make it a thing to remind me to be me every possession down on the floor on both sides of the ball. So when you got people in your corner like that, they want you to succeed and constantly tell me to be me. It’s easy. “

Curry entered the game against Bucks with 8:13 back in the fourth quarter and Warriors up with 7. They were a cumulative plus-6 in the non-curry minutes.

It included the most important back-to-back celebrities at night when Curry noticed it when the Rookie Center Quinten Post made two of his four 3s to stretch the lead from two to eight. Post had 13 points in 13 minutes.


Quinten Post defends against Milwaukees Kyle Kuzma. Post had 13 points in 13 minutes for Warriors. (Benny Sieu / Imag photos)

“It’s my dog,” Butler said of Post. “You know we both basically from Amsterdam. I’m also Brazilian and Colombian. I lived and worked over where he was (in Amsterdam), where he played first. So I got a lot of love for him. And he plays so incredibly hard and hella smart and can shoot hell out of it. I like young fella. “

Butler predicted he would get his wind back at the Houston game on Thursday and that he would be in a great place when Warriors return from All-Star Break the following Friday night in Sacramento. They have two huge road battles against Mavericks and Rockets this week as they try to climb against the sixth seed. They are currently half a play behind Dallas to the eighth place.

“Sixth seeds are the target,” Kerr said.

(Top photo by Jimmy Butler who goes to the curve towards Milwaukee Bucks Center Brook Lopez: Benny Sieu / Imag images)