What to do if Curry is injured? ESPN gives the Warriors tips. Top defense may help them to keep up until the cute god returns

The Warriors defeated the Timberwolves in the first game of the second round of the playoff series, winning a home advantage as the lower-ranked team, but the victory was expensive. Curry was reportedly diagnosed with a first-degree strain after leaving the field due to a hamstring injury. The Warriors expect Curry to be out of play for at least the next week, meaning he will miss at least the next three games. What should the

Warriors do? ESPN data expert Pelton gave the Warriors tips.

While the five consecutive Finals and three consecutive championships from 2015 to 2019, the Warriors have always had the problem of difficulty in scoring when Curry was absent.

According to statistics from Cleaning the Glass network, during the regular season, the Warriors lineup without Curry was only above 11% of the league's offensive efficiency ranking.

However, Jimmy Butler, who joined before the trade deadline, gave the Warriors the opportunity to piece together a competitive offensive system. Butler is not only a better playmaker in the Warriors’ point guard position than other options—Podjemski served as Curry’s substitute for most of the first half of the game—his ability to go to the free throw line also underpins the Warriors’ offensive efficiency.

According to Cleaning the Glass data, after the trading deadline, the lineup scored averaging but not Curry, with Butler but not Curry, and with more than 99% of the lineup's defensive performance, the Warriors scored 12.8 more points per 100 rounds than their opponents.

The biggest challenge for Cole in the next few games is probably to avoid overworking Butler. After all, Butler was also injured, and he missed due to a pelvic contusion in the third game of the first round. After his comeback, Butler averaged 20.4 points per game, but shot only 42% from the field.