The Warriors started Jonathan Kuminga in Butler’s place on Saturday night, but he didn’t play in the fourth quarter as Gary Payton II had a big impact late.

SAN FRANCISCO - Injured Golden State Warriors star Jimmy Butler III was ruled out for Game 3 against the Houston Rockets on Saturday at Chase Center after he suffered a pelvic contusion in the previous game of the best-of-seven NBA playoff series.

Listed as questionable on the injury report, Jimmy Butler was ruled out prior to tipoff and his status remains up in the air for Game 4 on Wednesday. Buddy Hield drained five 3-pointers and scored 17 points in his absence and afterward embraced the comic book reference coined by Butler.