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Warriors News in the early morning of the 12th, Hilde bombarded the referee, Butler is confident, Cole is powerless

2:34am, 16 May 2025【Basketball】

The Warriors lost to the Timberwolves again in the second game when Curry was absent. The big score between the two sides has reached 1:2. Curry's return date is still uncertain. When Butler and Cumingga scored 30+ at the same time and still lost, the Warriors' chances of this round of series are getting smaller and smaller. Although the big score is only one game away, the balance of the advancement to the Western Conference Finals has begun to tilt towards the Timberwolves. The Warriors used almost all their strength in G3, and the regretful defeat made several core players unwilling to accept it. In the post-match interview, they said this separately -

Hild directly threw the finger to the referee, saying that he didn't understand the rules. Green was a historical defensive player who was called a six-foul and left the court. He believed that Green played very poorly in this game, and did not blew the whistle he deserved, and Butler was not blew the foul. Hilder's speech was obviously inappropriate. In this game, the Warriors only had one more foul than the other, and the two sides had the same free throws. Hilder should focus on how to win the G4, rather than throwing the responsibility to the coach. Only by playing more focusedly can you win.

Butler was completely different from Hilder in the post-match interview. He said that if everything he did was not to win, it would be meaningless, and said that the team was still confident and would study the video to change the strategy next, and G4 would do anything to equalize the big score at home. Butler's speech was very motivating. He did not shirk responsibility, but wanted to find out his own shortcomings in the game video and correct them. This is what a team core and a superstar should look like in an interview. Hilder's speech was obviously not good.

head coach Cole also accepted an interview with the media after the game. When talking about how to adjust G4, Cole said that the team's direction was not a problem. The defense was done well but failed to hit some balls, and there would be no major tactical changes in the future. From Kerr's interview, we can see that he is powerless. Butler and Kumingga played very well. The Warriors are fighting hard, but the gap in strength is here. Next, once the Warriors decline in offensive end and Kumingga and Butler no longer score 30+, the probability of the Warriors' promotion in this round of series will be getting lower and lower.