For years, Jimmy Butler played against Stephen Curry and knew he was a menace who could sometimes never be contained.

Now, Butler is playing alongside Curry and he loves to see the four-time champion go off.

Following the Golden State Warriors’ win over the Houston Rockets on Sunday night, Butler spoke to NBC Sports about Curry and how he could be the reason the Warriors “win it all” this year.

“Like I always say, Batman comes out of nowhere,” Butler said. “You never see him coming. Then he just falls from the sky, from a building, behind a door and does some incredible things. He’s going to be the reason that we do win it all. We all know that. But we got to protect him at all costs.”

Butler recently said he is playing “Robin” to Curry’s “Batman,” and added that he is more than happy with that arrangement.

There is nothing wrong with being second-in-line behind perhaps the greatest shooter in the history of the NBA.

Curry was red-hot against the Rockets, scoring 31 points, six rebounds, and three assists, going 12-of-19 from the field and 5-of-9 from the three-point line.

Curry had been solid all season, but the team was in rough shape right around the time Butler was traded in early February.

He seemed to be exactly what they needed because the Warriors got much better following the acquisition of Butler and started climbing up in the standings.

They were able to fight to the seventh seed, but some people thought they’d be too exhausted to make a dent against the Rockets.

That doesn’t seem to be the case, and now Houston is nervous after Curry’s explosive Game 1 performance.

But while Rockets fans might hate seeing Curry play like this, Butler and the rest of his team love it.

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