Although the NBA playoffs have not yet officially arrived, Stephen Curry and Jimmy Butler are already living up to their reputations. They led the Golden State Warriors to a hard-fought 121-116 victory versus the Memphis Grizzlies in Tuesday’s NBA Play-In Tournament showdown, propelling them to a postseason meeting with the Houston Rockets.
Butler showed up to the Chase Center in peak “Playoff Jimmy” form, scoring a game-high 38 points on 12-of-18 shooting while also recording seven rebounds, six assists and three steals. Aside from Curry, no such Warriors player has produced such a stat line, per Associated Press NBA writer Tim Reynolds.
Despite all the controversy swirling around Butler, due to his messy divorce from the Miami Heat, a superb performance like this one is precisely why the Dubs gambled on him before the trade deadline.
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