Curry was out due to injury today, and it was expected that Butler would lead the team to a victory over the Hawks in today's game. But after watching the whole game, we have a lot of sympathy for Butler, although he played very well individually, scoring 25 points and 8 assists in the game. Both offensively and defensively can positively impact the team. But he really can't beat the opposing team on his own, and the Warriors lineup is obviously flawed, and his energy alone is indeed limited.
Butler can bring positive changes to the team as soon as he comes on the court, first of all, he can help the Warriors score on the offensive end, and he can stabilize the Warriors' offense, which many fans see. On the defensive end, even he took the initiative to lead the opposite arrow figure Trae Young today, it can be said that he has done his best at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, but the other players of the Warriors can't defend each other, and he really has no way at all.
In the final analysis, the Warriors still have obvious flaws in the roster, and no matter how good Butler is, he can't make up for them. The biggest flaw in the Warriors' lineup is that their interior is too weak, and today Looney was abandoned by Kerr after playing 4 minutes, and the effect on the court was very poor. And although Post has been on the court for a long time and keeps hitting three-pointers, he is basically useless on the defensive end, and he may lose as many points as he scores. And Jackson Davis Jr. is not a great defensive player, so the Warriors basically have a vacuum on their interior every game. You can't expect Green to go to the rim because Green doesn't have great height, and he's not the Green of his youth.
So as long as the opponent targets the Warriors' interior line, as long as they patiently pass the ball to the Warriors' interior, the Warriors have no way. They can only rely on their good shooting touch on the offensive end and win through offense. But there are a lot of teams in the league that are very strong on the inside. When the Warriors come up against such a team, they are very difficult to play unless they maintain an extremely high shooting percentage on the offensive end.
So Butler also felt a sense of helplessness, Butler also left the court after today's game, the team he played for in the past had good interior players, but after coming to the Warriors, although the team has a top outside line, he was able to partner with Curry, but the huge disadvantage of the interior line is something he has never encountered. Can you really win without good interior defense in the playoffs? I'm afraid this is a big question mark.