The Wolves, trailing by one at halftime, could not find any rhythm in the second half and fell to the Rockets for the third time this season, 120-102. That, however, is a distant second for worst thing to happen for the Wolves and their fans tonight. That clearly was Jimmy Butler leaving the game in the third quarter with a right knee injury that occurred on this play:
It was a non-contact injury, and Butler was clearly in a lot of distress leaving the court. We’ll find out soon just what the injury is, but truthfully, it did not look good.