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Las Vegas - Three things. The Butler. The bench. The Greens.

Butler first. Jimmy was held out of game three with a pelvis and deep glute muscle contusion but could go tonight. The Athletic is reporting that the medical team held him out to give his body two more days to heal, but theres a belief he will be back for Game 4 tonight.

Golden State's bench needed to step up without Jimmy Buckets in the lineup and they went above and beyond. Buddy Hield, Gary Payton II, Moses Moody and Kevon Looney gave Steve Kerr 87 total minutes and 42 points. On the other bench, Ime Udoka got 63 minutes and 28 points from Jabari Smith, Tari Eason and Steven Adams.

Now to the battle of the Greens, Draymond vs. Jalen. After some chirping at the end of game three, Jalen came to the interview room and said that, "He can't really do much of anything else, so talking is his only way." Okay kid. How about we compare Draymond's resume to Jalen's. Dray has won FOUR NBA titles, is a FOUR time NBA All-Star and was the NBA Defensive Player of the Year. Jalen made the NBA All-Rookie team in 2022. Youngster might wanna find another way and maybe do some research before calling out the old guy. If Butler plays, and is 100%, we really like the Dubs, but if Jimmy is riding the bench, we would still play GSW but slice our bet by at least 2/3.

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