Butler is no longer out of the Warriors. Is there still hope of upgrading the lineup this summer?

The Warriors finally couldn't wait for Curry to return. In the semi-final G5, the Golden State soldiers who played in the remnants of the formation were still brave enough and hard enough. But in the face of the cruel reality that competitive sports talent is the king, no matter how hard they try, they can't see any dawn of winning.

In fact, as early as G4, Coach Cole had already played all the cards he could in his hands. When Curry was unable to make the appearance, the Warriors' existing personnel, existing rotation methods and offense and defense characteristics have basically been found out by the Timberwolves.

As soon as the first quarter came, although Podjemsky made an early three-pointer, even though Hilde and Zhu Meng quickly activated their personal scoring account. But in the Timberwolves' view, these Warriors' scores are just scratching the surface. As long as the home team can successfully freeze Butler and prevent JB from performing at the superlative level, there will be no linkage effect from point-to-surface due to JB's individual outbreak, the situation will always be controllable.

So, shortly after the Warriors took the lead, Randall and Conley were able to quickly stop the bleeding for the Timberwolves with three-pointers. Moreover, with the Wolves' external star improvement, the Warriors' overall defensive formation began to be forced to expand outward, but after such passive adjustments, they leaked more space in the inside.

In the second quarter, after seizing the Warriors' new loophole, Gobert won consecutive opportunities to score easily in the inside. Under the joint efforts of him and the outside attack group, the Warriors' defense line has become quite loose, and the moment of collapse of completely disintegrating and completely losing their ability to resist seems to be getting closer and closer...

In the second quarter, the Warriors are still making tenacious resistance. They have used joint defense tactics in a timely manner, and have indeed weakened the Wolves' attack firepower in a short period of time. However, these tricks quickly disappeared in the face of Timberwolves' absolute talent. As Edwards scored another unreasonable three-pointer in the quarter like G4, and as Randall once again opened the indiscriminate misaligned attack module at the end of the quarter, the balance of victory or defeat, or the trend of the entire series, has completely turned to the Wolves.

The opponent cannot be restricted on the defensive end, and the Warriors' scoring inspiration is also about to dry up on the offensive end. In the whole first half, the only offensive performance that the Warriors had made was precisely from Kumingga, who Cole despised the most, and from this young man who was recognized as failing the ball quotation.

In contrast, Butler, the Warriors' thigh in the previous game, completely lost his aggressiveness. From the second half of G4, JB showed inexplicable stealth. G5's life-and-death battle, when the team had already arrived at the edge of the cliff where they were eliminated, JB's fighting spirit was still not awakened.

Full of the first half, Butler was still calling himself a teammate, but he only took 5 shots, with a plus-minus value of -19 being the lowest in the game.

Perhaps Warriors fans are still fantasizing about Jimmy's return in the playoffs, fantasizing that Jimmy's scenes in the Heat could reappear on this life-saving night. But in reality, Jimmy is two years older than that crazy self. Under the younger and more systematic defensive siege of the Wolves, he not only lost the ability to explode offensively, but his always proud self-confidence was gradually destroyed...

Entering the second half, it seems that the Warriors are still fighting stubbornly and are still fighting for the final battle, but when the camera swept the faces of every player on the court, and when the camera captures Cole and Curry on the bench, their serious expressions have already announced the finale of the Warriors this season...

To be fair, the Warriors' journey this season cannot be described as failure. After all, from hovering in the lottery zone for a long time in the early season to the mid-season, the Warriors' self-rescue has actually achieved beyond imagination. In the first round of the playoffs, the Warriors were able to eliminate the Rockets with significantly inferior talent, which to some extent was considered to be a super-level performance.

Coming to the semi-finals, the Warriors can certainly attribute the main reason for the failure to Curry's injury. But as a team that is core and relies purely on the system to drive, the Warriors have actually reached the ceiling of combat power. Curry's injury has only accelerated the pace of players and team supporters' recognition of reality...

Not only this season, but in the offseason, the Warriors' room for reinforcement is also quite limited. With the contract between Curry, Zhu Meng and Butler, the Warriors' salary has been used up by 130 million yuan. In this case, the total cost of strengthening the other 13 players is only more than 40 million yuan.

The Warriors certainly hope to continue to upgrade their lineup, and rumors have also spread in the market that Antetokounmpo is ready to leave the Bucks this summer. But with the Warriors' current roster, they can't come up with any bargaining chips that can attract Antetokounmpo and pull the Bucks to the negotiating table.

In addition to fantasy of letters, the Warriors also need to deal with other issues in reality, such as Kuminga's stay and stay, and the appointment and removal of other supporting roles in the lineup. But in essence, unless a miracle happens, the Warriors' roster will not be significantly upgraded next season, and they are likely to continue to spin on the spot in this embarrassing position that is neither up nor down...