{"id":548806,"date":"2026-01-20T12:16:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T12:16:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/548806\/"},"modified":"2026-01-20T12:16:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T12:16:12","slug":"warriors-jimmy-butler-injures-right-knee-after-awkward-landing-nbc-sports-bay-area-california","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/548806\/","title":{"rendered":"Warriors\u2019 Jimmy Butler injures right knee after awkward landing \u2013 NBC Sports Bay Area &#038; California"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/b\/butleji01.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jimmy Butler<\/a> was at the center of a frightening moment Monday night at Chase Center, when the Warriors forward fell to the court clutching his right knee after landing awkwardly on his leg in the third quarter.<\/p>\n<p>Butler had to be helped off the court and into Golden State&#8217;s locker room. The Warriors officially ruled him out with a right knee injury later in the quarter.<\/p>\n<p>Butler underwent an MRI after Golden State&#8217;s 135-112 win and an update from the Warriors is expected Tuesday, per NBC Sports Bay Area&#8217;s Dalton Johnson.<\/p>\n<p>A long-term injury to Butler is the last thing the surging Warriors need after they grabbed a season-high fourth consecutive win Monday and look to keep rising in the Western Conference standings.<\/p>\n<p>Before the injury, Butler had scored 17 points on 6-of-11 shooting from the field with four assists and three rebounds against the Miami Heat, opposite <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/w\/wiggian01.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Andrew Wiggins<\/a>, the player <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsportsbayarea.com\/nba\/golden-state-warriors\/andrew-wiggins-jimmy-butler-trade\/1826283\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Golden State traded away<\/a> last season for Butler at the deadline.<\/p>\n<p>Butler is averaging 20.1 points, 5.6 rebounds and 4.9 assists during the 2025-26 NBA season. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dubs-talk-a-golden-state-warriors-podcast.simplecast.com\/episodes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Download and follow the Dubs Talk Podcast<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jimmy Butler was at the center of a frightening moment Monday night at Chase Center, when the Warriors&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":548807,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3724],"tags":[7,313],"class_list":{"0":"post-548806","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-basketball","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-jimmy-butler"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/115927383144980431","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/548806","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=548806"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/548806\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/548807"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=548806"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=548806"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=548806"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}