After the victory of Palpitation del Corazón 126-121 of Golden State Warriors over the Memphis Grizzlies in the Western game tournament on Tuesday, Jimmy Butler, as he has done since he stepped on the Golden State soil, spoke of Stephen Curry with a superhero reverence.
“That is a Batman if I have ever seen a Batman,” Butler told TNT after the victory, which gives the Warriors the seed No. 7 in the Playoff support.
It’s true, Curry is still something between a mortal man and a basketball god. It ended with 37 points, 15 of which arrived in the last quarter, including a pair of 3S ice water within the last two minutes of a possession game.
But Butler is not Robin. The warriors do not have a batman, they have two BatmenAnd it is for those two that are not only marking to face Houston’s rocks in the first round, but remain an honest threat to overcome any team here in any series.
Butler, who ended with 38 points, seven rebounds, six assists and three robberies, was extraordinary of the jump on Tuesday. The patience of Pick-His-spots was still there, but as was the case at the end of the regular season against the clippers, Butler took advantage of the much more aggressive version of himself than, for as good as it has been with Golden State, everyone has been waiting to see.
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Butler forced his path downhill all night, and instead of entering the painting with one eye that already looked for a game, he was determined to reach the edge. Court. Ending through contact. Dunking Working to obtain the confrontation one to one that he wanted and then attack to score first and spend the second. He reached the free throw line 18 times. That is oxygen for a Warriors offense that used to be too prone to suffocate in its own dry spells.
Playoff Jimmy has been activated as Butler combined with Curry for 75 points. That is a lot just to overcome a game game, and it will not be easier from here. Do not get too caught in this idea that rockets do not have a scorer. They are an absolute defensive team with many types that can put the ball in the basket. Curry is probably already sweating thinking of Amempson covered it for a series of six or seven games.
Almost everyone thought the Warriors would go to Memphis. They were a favorite of seven points, a great line in a game like this, and barely survived even being helped by a Ja Morant injury. Fandeuel already lists the Warriors as a favorite of -205 against the Rockets. Once again, that is too unequal. The Warriors could win, but there is a good possibility that it requires an equally Herculean effort by Butler and Curry to do so. Even that might not be enough.
But for now, Golden State took care of the task in question. The Warriors secured their place in the playoffs and probably obtained the confrontation of the first round that preferred all the time, although they certainly sold out to win that final game against the clippers that would have turned out to face the Lakers in the first round. The Warriors are also on the opposite side of the Thunder support, which are clearly the best team in the West and probably the best team in general, even if the masses follow doubts to recognize them completely as such.
The Warriors are still long to reach the finals of a conference or certainly to the NBA finals. Once again, just passing the rockets could be a difficult task. But his best plan for success is in his place. The support broke well, and it is obvious that Butler, Curry and Draymond Green are still up to the greatest challenges, especially with the way in which the young players of Golden State have been taking a step forward.
So open up. Because if you think that Tuesday night it was intense, things are about to go crazy in what will be a playoff murderer of playoffs of the West Conference.
