Warriors forward Jimmy Butler is listed as questionable for Game 3 of Golden State’s first-round playoff series against the Rockets after he sustained a pelvic contusion in a hard fall during Game 2.
— Warriors forward Jimmy Butler is listed as questionable for Game 3 of Golden State’s first-round playoff series against the Houston Rockets after he sustained a pelvic contusion in a hard fall during Game 2.
Butler flew home from Houston and underwent an MRI exam Thursday in the Bay Area that revealed he injured his pelvis and has a deep gluteal muscle contusion. The team announced the update Friday, with the best-of-seven series tied at one game apiece as it shifts to Chase Center in San Francisco for Game 3 on Saturday night. Game 4 is Monday.
“If Jimmy’s out, we have to rethink everything”, coach Steve Kerr said, “like rotations, who starts and the best combinations and all that stuff.”
Butler, who has taken pressure off Stephen Curry by contributing on both ends since being acquired from Miami at the trade deadline, went down hard when fouled by Amen Thompson late in the first quarter and then missed the rest of the Warriors’ 109-94 Game 2 loss Wednesday night.
