GAME NIGHT: Jimmy Butler Injured in Warriors Loss | Celtics & Cavs Go Up 2-0

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🗓️ 24 April 2025

⏱️ 31 minutes

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The Golden State Warriors lost Jimmy Butler to an injury in the first quarter of their loss to the Houston Rockets, thrusting their hopes of a long playoff run into question. Wes Goldberg and Tony East talk about the impact of Butler's injury and what the Rockets did to even the series, the Cleveland Cavaliers surviving a late comeback by the Miami Heat and the Boston Celtics taking care of business without Jayson Tatum.

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0:00.0	It is Locked-on NBA Game Night for the night of Tuesday, April 23rd. Coming up, it might be time to wrap up a couple first-round series in the East, and a major injury can change the playoffs in the West.
0:10.9	When that final buzzer rings, you know it's time for Locked-on NBA Game Night. All the post-game reactions to every game across the league every single night with insights only the
0:22.4	hosts that locked on can provide it's the true NBA fans one stop for all the actions every game
0:29.7	every night it's locked on NBA game night tipping off now welcome to locked on Night, every game, every night in 30 minutes.
0:40.9	Wes Goldberg here with Tony East, however you might be tuning in on YouTube or on your
0:44.4	favorite podcast app.
0:45.4	Thanks for making Lockdown NBA, your first listen every day.
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0:58.6	about Donovan Mitchell closing the door on the heat and Jalen Brown filling in nicely for Jason
1:03.4	Tatum in a second. But we're going to start in Houston where the Rockets beat the Warriors to even
1:07.8	the series at 1-1. A nice win for the Rockets, but the big story here, Tony, Jimmy Butler, who left after taking
1:15.0	a hard fall in the first quarter.
1:16.5	Amman Thompson fell into him while Jimmy was going up for a rebound.
1:20.6	Jimmy Butler lands on his backside.
1:22.9	Tough fall, rough-looking moment there.
1:26.6	It looked really painful.
1:27.5	He ends up getting ruled out for the rest of the game with a pelvis contusion.
1:30.8	He's going to go, undergo an MRI on Thursday.
1:34.8	Before we get into all this stuff and then get into the weeds in this game,
1:37.5	there was some debate online about whether it was a dirty play by Amman Thompson.
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