Kerr ‘comparatively optimistic’ Jimmy Butler will play Sport 3

Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr says he’s “comparatively optimistic” ahead Jimmy Butler will play Sport 3 of their NBA playoff sequence in opposition to Houston regardless of struggling a pelvic contusion in Sport 2.

Butler took a tough fall on a first-quarter foul by Houston’s Amen Thompson on Wednesday and had an MRI examination on Thursday that exposed the extent of the damage.

With the best-of-seven NBA Western Convention first-round sequence tied at one sport apiece, Butler was listed as “questionable” for Saturday’s Sport 3 in San Francisco.

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“I’m comparatively optimistic,” Kerr mentioned Friday. “I imply, it’s Jimmy, and we all know he’s keen to play by something.

“So we’ll see. It is a day-to-day factor for positive, and we’ll see how he feels tomorrow.
“However I believe there’s an opportunity he performs.”

Butler, who got here down arduous on his tailbone when Thompson hit him as he rose to seize a rebound, stayed within the sport lengthy sufficient to shoot two free throws then departed and didn’t return.

The Rockets received 109-94 to stage the sequence.

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Butler averaged 17.9 factors, 5.9 assists and 5.5 rebounds in 30 common season video games for the Warriors after arriving in a February commerce from Miami.

He scored 25 factors within the Warriors’ sport one victory over the Rockets.

Kerr acknowledged that his persevering with absence would require changes, however wouldn’t alter the Warriors’ plan of assault in opposition to the Rockets.

“There’s not two sport plans, however two rotations,” Kerr mentioned. “The sport plan doesn’t change.”