Jimmy Butler is off to a good start with Golden State. CHICAGO — Jimmy Butler drew the familiar “oohs” and “aahs” from the Chicago crowd when he cut backdoor for an alley-oop dunk in the opening minute.

Curry, who is averaging 23.3 points per game this season, scored 34 against the Bulls before dropping 38 on the Bucks. As a team, Golden State is 18th in the NBA in scoring at 112.2 points per game, and have scored 128.5 on average in the two games with Butler.

Jimmy Butler made his long-awaited debut with the Golden State Warriors. The Warriors entered a new era with Butler, one where Steph finally

Butler bullying his way to the line slows the game down and can take an opponent out of its rhythm. It allows the Warriors to play with a set defense more often, a key as they navigate that end of the floor without Andrew Wiggins — who was their best point-of-attack defender.

It took all of two games for Jimmy Butler to go from a team-killing pariah to a celebrated ceiling raiser in the eyes of the Warriors. All-Star Steph Curry, head coach Steve Kerr and young forward Jonathan Kuminga all offered some high praise to Golden State’s blockbuster trade acquisition after road wins on Saturday and Monday.

Jimmy Butler’s arrival means more for the Golden State Warriors than what he will produce on the floor. Warriors: Jonathan

Through four games, Jimmy Butler has brought the Golden State Warriors everything that the team could have wanted. The team has a renewed sense of life, as evidenced by going 3-1 before the NBA All-Star break.

Ahead of the start of the Golden State Warriors vs Houston Rockets game, let's take a peek at the Golden State Warriors injury report to figure out whether Jimmy Butler will play tonight or not.

Jimmy Butler himself thinks that the pairing with him and Jonathan Kuminga will work out well when he returns.