The Pacers were a whopping seven players down against the Warriors on Saturday, but managed to come away with their first win of the season and Jimmy Butler isn’t happy.
The Warriors went down 114-109 to the Pacers and Jimym Butler is urging his team to get back to what they know best.
“We’ve got to get back to playing our roles to a T,” Butler said, per The Athletic. “Giving a damn whenever we turn it over. Giving a damn whenever our man scores. We guard as a team, we score as a team, everybody’s got to be on the same page. I think we’ve gotten away from that a little bit.”
Steve Kerr also didn’t hide his frustration after the loss.
“We know the West is loaded and it feels like we just gave away two games,” Kerr said. “If we are locked in and focused and playing the way we know we can, we should have won them. It’s the same thing the last three years — one or two games end up making a huge difference at the end of the season.”
Steph Curry, who had a blistering start to the season, finished the night with 24 points, but endured his worst shooting night of 2026 yet.
He was 34.8 percent from the field and 25 percent from deep and committed a game-high five turnovers.
“This is one of those games where you just look in the mirror,” Curry said. “There were parts of the game where I made it too hard on all of us — not getting organized, bad possessions, a little lack of energy. You give a team like that life … it’s just one of those games where you’ve got to play better throughout the meat of the game, so that you give yourself that breathing room where a couple shots here and there don’t determine the outcome.”
Curry spoke about what needs to be different next game, and knows it starts with him.
“Just be professional,” he said. “Understand what you need to do to get your body and mind ready to bring your best self. That’s where, as veterans — and I include myself — you have to demonstrate that and execute it.”
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