SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Warriors star Jimmy Butler is out for Game 3 of Golden State’s first-round playoff series against the Houston Rockets on Saturday night after injuring his pelvis and suffering a deep gluteal muscle contusion in a hard fall during Game 2.
Butler had been set to go through his pregame routine, which he does out of sight on the team's practice court and not the playing floor before games at Chase Center. He had an MRI exam Thursday in the Bay Area a day after he was hurt in Houston.
The best-of-seven series is tied at one game apiece with the next two games on the Warriors' home floor.