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What we have learned is that Steph Curry, Jimmy Butler recorded the Knicks in the victory of the Warriors

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What we learned as Steph Curry, Jimmy Butler recorded the Knicks’ victory over the Warriors came from NBC Sports Bay Area.

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SAN FRANCISCO – The Warriors knew what they were getting Thursday night when the New York Knicks entered the Chase Center without their best player and following a loss to the lowly Kings in Sacramento 21 hours earlier.

The Knicks would be furious and know for sure that they have to compensate for Jalen Brunson’s absence.

The Warriors shook off a slow start and a wild start by the Knicks by riding the impressive performance of Jimmy Butler III to pull away with a 126-113 victory that put Golden State (23-19) four games over .500 for the first time this season.

Butler poured in 32 points, Stephen Curry got 27, Moses Moody finished with 21 and Brandin Podziemski added 19. It was the eighth time this season that at least three Warriors scored at least 20 points.

Here are three takeaways from the skidding Knicks win:

Jimmy-Step’s tag team

When the Warriors got off to a slow start, trailing 33-19 with 3:33 left in the first quarter, Curry went to the bench moments later, putting Steph’s non-playing minutes under the microscope.

If Curry is out, that means Butler is in. With his scoring and orchestration, the Warriors closed the quarter with an 11-2 run to pull within five.

That slowly shifted momentum, as Golden State won the second quarter by eight, leading 62-59 at halftime. Butler scored 15 points in 15 minutes of the first half.

When the Knicks opened the third quarter with momentum, it was Curry who put out the fire under the Warriors. After missing five of his 3-point attempts in the first half, he pulled up a three-pointer, pushed the ball to eight, and then grabbed a layup that led to a three-pointer from Moody that pushed it to 11.

Curry scored 10 points in nine minutes of the third quarter, shooting 4-of-4 from the field, including 2-of-2 from distance.

The Knicks spent the fourth quarter chasing the Warriors to no avail.

Batman and Robin, folks, a combined 59 points.

Mo Buckets 2.0 drills Knicks

While Moody shot 30.1 percent from deep in 15 games from Dec. 12 to Jan. 11, it was fair to wonder if his knock on the side would cost him his place in the starting line-up.

Coach Steve Kerr stayed with him, and his patience seems to be paying off.

Moody scored 12 points in the first half, all three-pointers, without a miss. His game total of 21 points came on 7-of-10 shooting from the field, including 7-of-9 from deep.

With this game following an encouraging performance Tuesday night against Portland, in which Moody scored 14 points on 5-of-9 shooting from the field, including 4-of-8 from long range, he appears to have temporarily fixed his shot.

The warriors will take it. Moody’s role is to provide defense in one area and be the designated catch-and-shoot wing in the other. His defense has been very satisfactory, but the offense gains another level when his deep shots fall.

Podz enters

After his slow start this season, Podziemski has been a lightning rod for criticism from Dub Nation. Some of it was mandated, some was imaginary.

But the third-year pro put together a solid December, averaging 12.7 points per game while shooting 51.7 percent from the field, including 44.4 percent from deep.

Even though Podziemski’s game has been perfect this month, he’s still been effective and has come off the bench to play well for the Knicks.

Podziemski’s 19 points came on 8-of-9 shooting from the field, including 2-of-3 from beyond the arc. He added five rebounds, two assists and two steals, playing 26 minutes and finishing a team-best plus-22.

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