Jimmy Butler knows the key to getting back to ‘flowers and daisies’
The The Golden State Warriors fell 120-110 to the Milwaukee Bucks on Thursday night. The opponent was without Giannis Antetokounmpo due to pain in his left knee, but Golden State was unable to match the intensity of the short Bucks.
Warriors All-Star Jimmy Butler admitted that the loss was not what the team had hoped for and provided an easy way for the group to win back on track.
“Get back to winning and pretty soon it’ll be flowers and daisies,” Butler told ESPN’s Anthony Slater.
butler, Stephen Curryand Jonathan Cumminga scored more than 20 points, but Milwaukee played a tighter overall game.
“He looked tired to me,” the Warriors head coach Steve Kerr said Nick Friedel of the Athletics. “Mental, physical fatigue. It didn’t look like our team out there. Our spacing was bad. It didn’t look like we had our usual pop. I thought Milwaukee was brilliant.”
Bucks guard Ryan Rollins was particularly effective. The 23-year-old dropped a career-high 32 points, as well as eight assists. He was 13-of-21 from the field and 5-of-7 from range in a victorious effort.
“Watching him on film before tonight, you see he’s very calculated on how to use his speed and create space and get downhill,” Curry told the Athletics’ Eric Nemo. “He shoots when he’s open. The game seems to have slowed down enough when he’s making good reads.
“Obviously you saw that tonight, he played fearlessly out there … I’m happy for him, but I’m also mad.”
The Warriors are now 4-2 on the season. They will look to bounce back when they face the Pacers in Indiana on Saturday.
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