With a minute left and the Warriors up by nine points, Butler slammed the door on the Rockets by sizing up Alperen Sengun before nailing a 19-foot midrange jumper in a decidedly ’90s-style isolation possession.

When the Golden State Warriors added Jimmy Butler at the trade deadline, it felt like a proper present for Steph Curry to at least give him a chance to play -- as he termed it -- meaningful basketball again.