
Any hope Golden State had of tacking on another championship to their dynastic run evaporated when Stephen Curry went down with a hamstring injury.
Jimmy Butler, the club's vaunted midseason acquisition, wasn't so much a non-factor as he was a negative factor in Games 4 and 5. Over the course of 76 minutes, Butler posted a -47 and hoisted all of 20 shots as the Minnesota Timberwolves easily dispatched the depleted and aging Warriors.