Warriors instant analysis: Jimmy Butler outmuscles Knicks in chippy victory

SAN FRANCISCO – The Warriors were playing mere hours after one of their players asked for a trade. The Knicks were coming off a loss to hapless Sacramento the night before. Should there have been any surprise that both sides played with a hint of angst on Thursday night at Chase Center?

OK, maybe a little more than a little angst. Within a single 16-second stretch early in the fourth quarter of Golden State’s 126-113 victory, the officials initiated three separate reviews for possible flagrant fouls.