The Golden State Warriors would have avoided the worst case with Jimmy Butler, but they may still have to prepare for match 3 against Houston's Rockets without him.
The six-time All-Star was diagnosed with a deep buttock muscle contusion and is seriously in danger of missing the Warriors match on Saturday, according to Shams Charania d'Espn. Fortunately, his MRI has shown no structural fractures or damage.
Butler suffered the injury in match 2 Wednesday, When an outdoor collision with the Rockets star, Amen Thompson, let her land hard on his coccyx in the first quarter. He stayed on the ground in visible pain for a while and was quickly excluded for the rest of the game, A victory for 109-94 Rockets.
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Losing Butler as well as Brandin Podziemski, who temporarily left the game with a disease, has deeply widen the warriors. As Butler was excluded, head coach Steve Kerr had entered 12 different players in the match, and he said that the unavailable butler game would mean an additional postponement of his rotations.
Butler was a manufacturer of significant difference in the victory of the Warriors match 1, with 25 points, 7 rebounds, 6 assists and 5 interceptions In a 95-85 Golden State victory. This corresponded to its impact on the regular season, while the Warriors went 23-7 with Butler in the alignment after having acquired him from the Heat of Miami on the deadline of trade.
