Jimmy Butler Sitting Out For Warriors In Game 3 Of First-round Series Against Rockets

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.

Jonathan Kuminga, who didn't play for three straight games before rejoining the rotation in Game 2 when Butler got hurt, was in the starting lineup for his fourth career playoff start.

The best-of-seven series is tied at one game apiece with the next two games on the Warriors' home floor. Game 4 is Monday night.

Butler went down hard when fouled by Amen Thompson late in the first quarter and then missed the rest of the Warriors' 109-94 Game 2 loss on Wednesday night.