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.

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

The Golden State Warriors and Houston Rockets are currently engaged in a first-round slugfest that is tied at one game apiece. Only the Memphis Grizzlies are scoring less efficiently on offense in the postseason than they are in this defense-first matchup,