The Portland Trail Blazers exit the last weekend in February riding a couple pieces of news. They won back-to-back road games against the Utah Jazz and Phoenix Suns, while the Minnesota Timberwolves lost star guard Jimmy Butler to a knee injury.
Jimmy Butler is expected to undergo surgery in coming days and could return within 4-to-6 weeks, league sources tell Yahoo. Final timetable will be set after procedure.
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) February 25, 2018
Butler’s fall comes in the midst of a playoff race that features eight Western Conference teams in a tight battle for six playoff seeds.