The Golden State Warriors were already shorthanded versus the Oklahoma City Thunder, but beating the defending NBA champions is an even more grueling task without Jimmy Butler . The star wing suffered a knee injury midway through the second quarter of Tuesday night's Western Conference clash and exited to the locker room. He was ultimately ruled out for the remainder of the contest, per the Warriors on NBC Sports X account.

Butler finished the game with six points on 2-of-6 shooting. The Dubs were forced to battle a juggernaut sans their top two players, as Stephen Curry remains sidelined with a quadriceps injury. If that was not enough adversity, defensive stalwart and valuable facilitator Draymond Green picked up his fifth foul in the third quarter.

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