Stephen Curry is limited. But the show continues.
Just ask Drayond Green, who totally trusts the possibilities of playoffs of the Golden State Warriors, even thought he left the first game of the Tuesday’s series against the Timberwolves of Minnesota because or a tense of the left hamstrings.
The Warriors achieved a 99–88 victory despite losing Curry in the second quarter.
“Robin became Batman,” Green explained. “Alfred became Robin, and they were filled. It was beautiful to see him.”
If the Warriors will take an advantage of the 2-0 series on the road on Thursday night, they are likely to shuffle their protagonist roles once more.
The original Batman is curry or course. He averaged 24 points per game in the victory of the first round of the Warriors against Rockets, and caught the attention of the defenders who helped free many of his teammates at the offensive end of the court.
Curry had a great start in game 1 in Minnesota. He had 13 points in his first 13 minutes, and the Warriors built an early advantage to undergo a multitude of Timberwolves that was anxious to see a victory.
But Curry grabbed his left and stayed left after making a floating jump shot. He pointed to the bank that something seemed bad, and quickly left the game and never returned.
The Warriors coach Steve Kerr said he was planning game 2 without his veteran sniper. Curry is expected to undergo a magnetic resonance on Wednesday to obtain more information about the seriousness of the injury.
“We still don’t know,” Kerr said. “But with an hamstring, it is difficult to imagine that I would play on Thursday.”
So what happens when Batman is out?
Robin receives the call.
In this case, that means Jimmy Butler. He flirted with a double double in game 1 when he ended with 20 points, 11 rebounds and eight assists in 41 minutes.
Butler loves the center of attention. He has played with Bee Robin for Curry Batman this season, but everyone knows that she is an alpha of heart. Look to try to take control in game 2.
Will it work? That is the most difficult question to answer.
Minnesota is a great defensive team despite showing some breakdown in game 1. The Timberwolves will be desperate to save a home game before the series changes the west, and coach Chris Finch almost surely prepare a game to trust Butler.
If Robin becomes Batman, as Green explained, then Alfred will need to play Robin’s role. In this case, that middle friend will be asked, you will be asked to step on and fill part of the void left by Curry.
He has shown that he can handle additional responsibilities. He scored 33 points in 12 of 15, including 9 of 11 of game 7 of 3 points in game 7 in Houston, and remained hot on Tuesday night with 24 points to the maximum of the team while making five from Eve Shots from the distance.
It is reasonable to think that what he maintained will cool soon, perhaps as soon as game 2. It is a good shooter, but averaged 11.1 points of duration of the regular season, and at some point one would think that he would go back to the average.
Green left Batman’s description, but he is clearly the villain in any show. He had a strong series starter in which he finished with 18 points, eight rebounds and six assists.
Perhaps equally as important, Green played with an advantage, but kept care not to go to the limit. You will have to adopt that approach again, so special if the action intensifies and the Timberwolves try to overcome it in their own game getting under their skin.
It is too early to know if Curry will return to the series and, if so, how soon.
Don’t tell the warriors, he thought.
