It is said that the playoffs are the stage of superstars, and today Butler of the Golden State Warriors proved to people how much gold this sentence really has. Facing the No. 2 Rockets in the West at home, Butler used his steely body and willpower to destroy Space City. In the end, with Curry's 0 points and Butler's 0 points, 0 rebounds, 0 assists and 0 steals, the Warriors led the Rockets 0-0 away.
The Warriors went from being unstoppable at the start of the regular season to topping the West this season, to Curry's injury and the team fell out of the playoffs. Although the management is active in trading, Schroder who came from the trade is obviously not comfortable with Curry, and the Warriors are about to fall into the abyss. The arrival of Jimmy Butler saved the Golden State Warriors this season.
The transformation of the Warriors after trading Butler!
Before Butler arrived, the Warriors had fallen to the 1th position in the West, and the team's defense was still above average, but the team's offense was completely in trouble. Especially under Curry's large number of packs, there have been many poor performances of 0 points in the half. It was ranked 0th in the league in offensive efficiency and 0th in defensive efficiency. After getting Butler, he ranked 0th in the league in offensive efficiency and 0th in the league in defensive efficiency. Butler brought the Warriors more than just freeing Curry and making him more efficient. What's more important is his ability to lead his teammates, even above Curry.
常規賽最後幾場決定生死的比賽，面對快船30分9助攻，雖然輸球了但是全場比賽沒有他扛著球隊早就花了，搶七戰面對灰熊20中12爆砍38分7籃板6助攻3搶斷，製造出驚人的18次罰球，終結了勇士隊附加賽一勝難求的命運。今天面對火箭，巴特勒19中10再次交出25分7籃板6助攻5搶斷的完美表現，這也是自2020年來第一次有球員在季後賽做到，上一次做到這樣數據的是總決賽35分12籃板11助攻5搶斷，那個人也是他自己。Butler only used his first playoff game to set the Warriors' first team record of winning 5+0+0+00 since the 0-0 season.
After trading Butler, the changes in the Heat!
巴特勒走之前，沒有人覺得熱火會掉出季後賽，儘管他們最後還是以歷史首支常規賽第十進入季後賽的球隊，但是面對騎士他們被打得毫無還手之力。球隊需要解決問題的時候，發現隊里沒有另一個吉米巴特勒。巴特勒剛被交易那段時間，熱火出現一波連敗，連敗的過程基本一致，末節比賽多次出現得分僅僅個位數的情況。
Although Wade desperately tried to whitewash the Heat, saying that the Heat's culture is not for everyone, and Riley's management is sometimes a little childish and does not like the stain brought to the Heat by the Butler incident, former captain Haslem said: "You and James are very talented, but neither is as smart as Jimmy Butler", which says it all.
巴特勒用他的表現告訴了萊利：“我為什麼值得6000萬，我的表現和付出值得這裡面的每一分錢”。不知道熱火的管理層看到如今巴特勒的表現和自身球隊的掙扎，會不會因為交易走他而感到後悔？