Overview
- The injury occurred in the third quarter after Butler caught a pass in the paint, landed awkwardly on his right leg and went down clutching his knee.
- Broadcast footage captured Butler yelling in pain as Buddy Hield and Jonathan Kuminga helped him to the locker room, with no weight on his right leg.
- The Warriors ruled Butler out for the remainder of the game, and no official diagnosis had been released as testing and imaging were expected.
- Accounts differed on whether the play involved contact, with some citing contact from Davion Mitchell and others describing a non-contact fall.
- Butler entered the night averaging 20.1 points, 5.6 rebounds and 4.9 assists for Golden State, highlighting the potential impact on the 24-19 Warriors.