It wasn’t the result the Bay was banking on, but don’t tell that to Jimmy Butler III. After the Golden State Warriors dropped a gritty 102-97 decision to the Minnesota Timberwolves in Game 3 on Saturday,

There was a line of thinking that Jimmy Butler didn't put his foot on the gas in Golden State's Game 2 loss to the Timberwolves because he was saving up his energy for Game 3 at home, when the Warriors were likely to have their best shot to steal the one win they need in this series to stay afloat until Stephen Curry can potentially get back.

When Butler went up for his ninth rebound of the series late in the first quarter of Game 2, both his legs were completely wiped out by a stumbling Amen Thompson. It sent him crashing to the floor from a height and at an angle he said caused a worse injury than the one he suffered on a similar fall earlier in his career.