Jimmy Butler found a fresh way to pile on after Stephen Curry sent Luka Doncic tumbling during Friday night’s Warriors-Lakers game.
Golden State rolled to a 112-95 win at Chase Center, and the sequence everyone remembered came when Curry broke Doncic’s ankles before calmly burying a three-pointer. Butler, who is recovering from a torn ACL, leaned all the way into the moment on Saturday with a social media post that turned the play into comedy.
He shared an AI-generated Instagram video inspired by the 1985 martial arts film The Last Dragon. In Butler’s edit, Curry is cast as Bruce Leroy, the character played by Taimak. When asked who the one-and-only Master is, Curry’s likeness answers, “I am!”
Doncic shows up in the clip as a bystander and reacts in disbelief, while the video later cuts to Curry doing exaggerated martial arts moves. Butler also worked in footage of the real play that left Doncic on the floor.
His caption was simple: “6/82. W.” The post took off fast, drawing more than 100,000 likes within a couple of hours and spreading quickly across social media.
The joke landed after Curry had the better night in the matchup itself. Doncic scored 21 points in the opening quarter and finished with 37 points on 12-of-27 shooting, but Curry’s 31-point outing carried more weight as Golden State stormed back from an early 25-point hole to win.
The victory also snapped a three-game losing streak for the Warriors and got them back to .500 after three straight wins. Golden State returns to action Sunday against the Los Angeles Clippers at 9:30 p.m. ET.
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