With the superhero of the Golden State Warriors out for the rest of the game, the sidekicks stepped up. Jimmy Butler and Buddy Hield have become quite the sideshow, on and off the court. When Stephen Curry went down with a strained left hamstring early in the opener of this second-round series against Minnesota,

The loss of Stephen Curry for a week with an injury leaves the Warriors looking to Jimmy Butler, Draymond Green and a culture that built an NBA dynasty to lift them past the favored Minnesota Timberwolves in their second-round playoff series.

The Golden State Warriors will have to play the remainder of their Game 1 matchup against the Minnesota Timberwolves without their star. Per NBA insider Chris Haynes, Stephen Curry sustained a left hamstring strain in the first half of Game 1 on Tuesday and will not return to the matchup.