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Brandin Podziemski has received more opportunity as the team’s backup point guard once again — he and Butler have developed an incredible level of chemistry in a short period of time, with the second-year guard averaging five points per 100 possessions more with Butler on the squad.

The Golden State Warriors’ Jimmy Butler era might be only six games old, but the results have already caused yet another national NBA pundit to do a bit of self-flagellation. Yahoo Sports’ Kevin O’Connor published a video on Monday titled “10 NBA questions keeping me up at night.

The Golden State Warriors (31-27) dominated the Charlotte Hornets (14-43) in nearly every facet of Tuesday's night matchup from the Chase Center, cruising to a 128-92 victory. With their fourth consecutive loss, Charlotte also sets a new low for point differential over four games: -145.

Watch Warriors guard score 18 points vs. Mavericks Jimmy Butler scores 18 points in the Golden State Warriors’ 126-102 win over the Dallas Mavericks on

There are a lot of games on the schedule that the Golden State Warriors should win. Games that, if they lose, you’d be annoyed and frustrated by, and feel almost betrayed over; yet you recognize that even the best teams lose a few of those games each year.