With a chance to escape the NBA play-in tournament box and move into sixth
place in the Western Conference, they looked like the team that was in 10th
place three weeks ago.
And they can only hope Butler heals quickly, because coach Steve Kerr is
committed to being careful with Curry’s minutes.
在有機會擺脫NBA附加賽區，並躍升至西部聯盟第六名的情況下，勇士卻看起來像是三週
前還排在第十名的那支球隊。
他們只能希望吉巴能夠儘快康復，因為勇士主教練Steve Kerr堅持要謹慎管理咖哩的上場
時間。
“We’ve got three games in four nights,” Kerr said. “I can't play him 40
minutes. I don't really want to play him much more than 34 or 35, but he
ended up around 36. We shortened his rest in the second [half]. We were a
little desperate and hanging in there, and we had a shot, so we went for it.”
「我們接下來有四天三場比賽。」Kerr說道，「我不能讓他打40分鐘，我也不想讓他打超
過34或35分鐘，但他最終還是打了大約36分鐘。
我們在下半場縮短了咖哩的休息時間，但當時我們有點急了，而且我們有機會贏球，所以
我們選擇放手一搏。」
The Warriors managed to tie the game twice, the last 116-116 with 2:01
remaining, but were outscored 8-3 inside the final two minutes.
Butler had been the cure to this malady. He connected the game for Podziemski
and Moody, allowed Green space to minimize his weaknesses and ride his
assets. Butler also allowed Curry’s pulse, racing from late-November into
February, to operate at a level closer to normal.
The non-Curry minutes are the portions of the game when Butler’s value
soars. Without him, the Warriors plunged into fatal disarray.
勇士曾兩度追平比數，最後一次是在比賽剩下2分01秒時將比分追至116-116，但在最後
兩分鐘內卻被對手打了一波8:3的比分。
吉巴一直是解決這種困境的關鍵。他為Podz和Moody搭建了進攻節奏，讓嘴綠能夠發揮優
勢並掩蓋缺點。
此外，吉巴還讓咖哩的比賽節奏從去年11月底到今年2月的高負荷狀態回歸到相對正常的
水準。
當咖哩不在場上的時候，吉巴的價值更為突出，在沒有他的情況下，勇士隊陷入了致命的
混亂。
“He does everything,” Curry said of Butler. “We had built a good chemistry
and rhythm with him. He impacts both ends of the floor. For the most part
since he's been here, either one of us has been on the court at all times.
Without it, it changes the rotation, and we didn't adjust well enough for 48.
”
If you wonder why Golden State was desperate enough to offer a two-year, $121
million contract extension to a veteran who has missed an average of 21.7
games in each of the past three seasons, you now have the answer. They did it
in hopes of saving a season run aground.
「他什麼都能做。」咖哩談到吉巴時說道。
「我們和他建立了很好的化學反應和比賽節奏，他在攻防兩端都有影響力。自從他來到這
裡後，大多數時間我們兩人之中總有一個人在場上，沒有他的話輪換就會發生變化，而我
們沒能在48分鐘內做出足夠好的調整。」
如果你還在疑惑，為什麼勇士會不惜開出一份為期兩年價值1.21億美元的合約延長給這位
過去三個賽季平均缺席21.7場比賽的老將，那麼現在你已經有了答案。他們這麼做，是希
望能拯救這個正逐漸偏離航道的賽季。
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