Jimmy Butler Sitting out for Warriors in Game 3 of First-Round Series Against Rockets

Jimmy Butler Sitting out for Warriors in Game 3 of First-Round Series Against Rockets
Jimmy Butler Sitting out for Warriors in Game 3 of First-Round Series Against Rockets
Golden State Warriors' Jimmy Butler III writhes in pain after injuring himself in 1st quarter against Houston Rockets in Game 2 of First Round of NBA Playoffs at Toyota Center in Houston, Texas on Wednesday, April 23, 2025. Scott Strazzante/San Francisco Chronicle via AP
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SAN FRANCISCO—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.