Stephen Curry and the Warriors opened their season with a 119-109 win over Luka Doncic and the Lakers in Los Angeles on Tuesday night that was sealed by vintage long three-pointer by the future Hall of Fame shooting guard.
Jimmy Butler, who is playing in his first full season with Golden State, led the Warriors with 31 points and made all 16 free throws that he attempted.
After the game Butler shared a little season-long bet he has going with teammate Draymond Green. That wager? That he can finish the year with a higher free-throw percentage than Curry, who led the league last year by making 93.3% of his freebies.
Butler revealed that bet during his postgame press conference, which led to some chuckles from the media members in the room.
"I don't think it's a bad bet, but it's kind of a bet bet, with Dray that I've got to shoot a better percentage than No. 30 on our team."
When asked if he thought he could win the bet, Butler said: "Of course I think I can. I'm going to have to."
Jimmy Butler has a bet with Draymond Green that he will have a better free throw percentage than Steph Curry this season
— Anthony Slater (@anthonyVslater) October 22, 2025
“Probably a bad bet.”
Butler went 16-of-16 tonight. Curry went 8-of-8. pic.twitter.com/EzmjRiqbKp
Curry, who didn't know about the bet until hearing about it after the game, had a priceless reaction to it, saying Butler had "no chance" of beating him.
“This is the first time I’m hearing of it.”
— 95.7 The Game (@957thegame) October 22, 2025
Steph said he didn’t know about the bet and there’s “no chance” Jimmy is winning it 😂 https://t.co/z0jHARV7Vi pic.twitter.com/sj9X0I68zF
Butler hit 87% of his free throws last year and has hit an average of 84% of them for his career, so he has some work to do if he wants to win this bet with Green.
The Warriors will be back in action Thursday night when they host the Nuggets. All eyes will be on Butler when he goes to free throw line.
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