Warriors star Jimmy Butler is out for Game 3 of Golden State’s first-round playoff series against Houston with his status still unclear after injuring his pelvis and suffering a deep gluteal muscle contusion in a hard fall during Game 2.

Golden State Warriors star Jimmy Butler will not take the floor for Saturday's Game 3 against the Houston Rockets. Butler suffered a pelvis and deep glute muscle contusion when he took a hard fall in Game 2 of their first-round series against the Houston Rockets on Wednesday,

SAN FRANCISCO — The Warriors believe there is a good chance that they will have Jimmy Butler in the rotation for Game 3 of their first-round series against the Houston Rockets on Saturday at Chase Center. Butler was knocked out early in Wednesday’s Game 2 with what the team called a “deep” pelvic contusion.