Jimmy Butler left Monday’s matchup with a right knee injury. The Warriors are 2-3 in games he’s missed this season. Kelley L Cox / Imagn
SAN FRANCISCO — Golden State Warriors swingman Jimmy Butler injured his right knee and exited in the third quarter of Monday’s game against the Miami Heat.
The sequence occurred with 7:41 left in the third quarter, when Butler jumped up to catch a pass from Brandin Podziemski while Heat guard Davion Mitchell was guarding him. Butler landed awkwardly on his knee and fell to the floor. Butler stayed on the ground for a couple of minutes while Warriors staff members checked on him, and the Chase Center crowd fell silent. Butler eventually got up and was helped back to the locker room with teammates on each side of him. He put no weight on the knee as the crowd gave him an ovation.
Before the injury occurred, Butler, who had been playing his best basketball of the season over the last month, had 17 points, four assists and three rebounds in 21 minutes.
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