Jimmy Butler suffers season-ending injury in devastating Warriors blow
NY Post
SAN FRANCISCO — The Warriors may have seen their title chances disappear Monday night.
Star Jimmy Butler suffered a torn ACL in the Warriors’ 135-112 victory over the Heat, according to ESPN.com.
Butler, 36, was helped off the court with a right knee injury at the 7:41 mark of the third quarter against his former team.
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.
After the play, Butler was asking for two free throws, a positive sign to coach Steve Kerr that his spirits were good and “hopefully that’s a good sign.”
“We’re all really concerned but we’ll know more after the MRI,” Kerr said. “Everybody is subdued because of the injury, waiting to hear the news.”
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