The Warriors are now awaiting the results of an MRI on Butler's injury. As such, fans will likely be preparing for the team to proceed without the All-Star forward in the rotation

But, a closer slo-mo replay revealed that Green was simply trying to box out Thompson in the paint. Thompson appeared to get his feet tangled up in the sea of legs and ended up barreling forward and crashing into Butler inadvertently.

During the play-in game against Memphis, Butler lived up to his “Playoff Jimmy” nickname by scoring 38 points, and then put up a 25-point, seven-rebound, six-assist, five-steal performance in the Warriors’ Game 1 victory in Houston.