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01/19 23:48 CST Warriors star Jimmy Butler goes down with right knee injury in
win over Heat
Warriors star Jimmy Butler goes down with right knee injury in win over Heat
By JANIE McCAULEY
AP Sports Writer
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) --- Warriors star Jimmy Butler injured his right knee midway
through the third quarter of a 135-112 win Monday night against his former
Miami Heat team after he scored 17 points, a big blow for Golden State.
Tempers flared with some shoving between the reserves in the closing seconds.
Butler was hurt moments after catching a pass in the paint when he went down
hard and awkwardly following a collision with the Heat's Davion Mitchell ---
who was called for a foul at the 7:41 mark of the third. The team said he would
have an MRI exam and no further updates on his status were expected until
Tuesday.
The knee buckled upon his landing and Butler screamed, grimaced and grabbed at
his knee while down for a couple of minutes. He needed teammates Gary Payton II
and Buddy Hield to escort him off the court and to the locker room after the
fall on the Warriors' offensive end. When he finally got up with assistance, he
was unable to put any pressure on his knee.
Andrew Wiggins had 18 points and five rebounds for Miami in his return to Chase
Center, where he helped the Warriors win the 2022 NBA championship. Norman
Powell had 21 points as the Heat kicked off a five-game West Coast trip and
lost their fourth in a row away from home to drop to 7-14 overall outside South
Florida.
Butler shot 6 for 11 after he sat out Saturday's 136-116 win against Charlotte
for personal reasons. Stephen Curry had 19 points and 11 assists, Brandin
Podziemski scored a season-best 24 points to go with six rebounds and Hield
added 16 points on a night Golden State was without Draymond Green because of a
right ankle sprain as a precaution. He is expected back for Tuesday's home
matchup against Toronto.
The Warriors played on Martin Luther King Jr. Day for the 13th time in 14
seasons and second year in a row at home.
Up next
Heat: At Sacramento on Tuesday night to complete a back-to-back.
Warriors: Host the Raptors on Tuesday night.
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