[Observation] The whole game! Curry is absent, but Butler s true form is revealed?

Sports Weekly All-Media Reporter Li Hui

Curry was absent, and the Warriors' hope for offense was placed on Jimmy Butler. However, he did not stand up, but instead played a very calm game, but perhaps this is a true portrayal of Butler's current hard power.

Two years ago, Butler created another Black Eight Miracle in NBA history. It is perfect to describe Butler as the Gods descending to earth. After that, people will raise their expectations for Butler at an unprecedented level, but in the past two years, people need to realize that Butler may no longer be Butler two years ago, or Butler two years ago, it is a glimpse and difficult to reproduce.

How does Butler play today? To put it bluntly, just one word: trash. Butler knew very well what he could do and what he couldn't do. On the plus side, this is called the high-level football team. If you can't play, don't play blindly. To put it bluntly, this is called maintaining hit rate, making your panel data still decent. In short, it cannot make people see that your condition is declining seriously. In the second game of the series between

, Butler made nearly 34 minutes in the game, but only 13 shots, and the team ranked less than the number of shots, and only 2 more times than Kumingga, who had been hit by DNP before. When Curry was unable to play, such shots were obviously not enough, or it was not aggressive. However, this is the current Butler. In order to keep himself from revealing his stuff, he will not just play, but do seemingly reasonable passes, such as the most common scene in this game: after breaking into the penalty area and jumping to pass the ball, passing the ball to his teammates with little offense. Behind this seemingly reasonable, it is actually the embodiment of Butler cherishing the hit rate. People say that Butler has a high ball quotient. In addition to being good at reading the game, Butler has done well in these small details.

It is worth mentioning that the Warriors have violated 24 seconds in the playoffs 15 times this season, ranking first in the league. Butler can be said to have made great contributions to this data contribution. His so-called rationality has affected the team's offensive fluency to a certain extent.

Judging from the current situation, Curry is likely to miss the next two games. There is no doubt that if the Warriors want to take the initiative in the series, Butler must play, and he still has the opportunity to prove that he is not stumble, but has reservations. After all, from the macro perspective of the series, the second game of this series is not critical to the Warriors. Even Kerr said that the team is testing the lineup, and Butler does have reason not to do his best, but in the next two games, Butler undoubtedly no longer has such a situation. He must perform so that the Warriors can buy more time for Curry.

After the game, when asked by the media about the outside world's expectations for "Jimmy in the playoffs", Butler confidently said, "I don't have any burden or pressure. I just play in the right way, and I will continue to do this in the future. If it is really time for some people to score 40 points, I can of course do it. This is not a problem for me, but I enjoy making the team more comfortable to play and passing the ball to them."

As the second in command of the team, Butler faces the moment of carrying the team. Is Curry's absence "exposed his true colors" or once again proving that he is still a super giant in the playoffs? Time will give the answer soon.