Fans on social media immediately accused Thompson— and even Warriors forward Draymond Green —of making a dirty play in the sequence that led to Butler's injury. But that's not how Warriors coach Steve Kerr saw it.

Butler took a hard fall after Thompson collided with him during Wednesday's opening-round playoff game. Butler had been going up for a rebound and was undercut, sending him crashing to the floor. The Warriors star, who came to the team ahead of the NBA's trade deadline, was ruled out with a pelvis contusion.

Just seven minutes into a hard-fought Game 2 contest, Jimmy Butler hit the ground hard while battling Amen Thompson for a rebound. He landed on his lower back or butt, but the force of the landing clearly rattled him, and he left the game with a pelvis injury.