On Tuesday night, the Golden State Warriors played the Oklahoma City Thunder at the Chase Center in San Francisco.
The Warriors lost by a score of 124-112.
They are now 11-11 in 22 games, which has them as the eighth seed in the Western Conference.
Jimmy Butler Injured In Thunder-Warriors Game
Jimmy Butler finished the loss with six points, three rebounds and one assist while shooting 2/7 from the field in 15 minutes of playing time (before exiting with an injury).
Via ESPN’s Anthony Slater (during the game): “Sore left knee for Jimmy Butler, per Warriors. He’s officially out for the night.”
Sore left knee for Jimmy Butler, per Warriors. He’s officially out for the night.
Warriors trail Thunder 91-88 heading to 4Q. Bench rallied mid third quarter.
— Anthony Slater (@anthonyVslater) December 3, 2025
Many people reacted to Butler’s injury on social media.
@jinthirty: “Rest up Jimmy 😭🙏🏼”
@KlayForTrey: “He lowkey gave up on us”
@butlerand1: “wow”
@Jswapculture: “If Jimmy Butler was in the game in the fourth quarter, and if he was healthy for the second half, the Golden State Warriors would’ve won this game easily”
@cashmoneyprinta: “He didn’t want to be out there from first whistle. Biggest energy vampire of all time. Look what happens when he’s gone and guys who actually want to be out there get a chance”
@Dawalz10: “Man injuries upon injuries. SMH 😫”
@_7Madison: “hope he’s good to play thursday (highly doubt it tho)”
@b0y1da_: “Jimmy came back to the bench just to get ruled out This is tough”
@jasminecastro20: “Lmfao we cooked these guys can’t even stay healthy”
Steve Kerr shares an update on Jimmy Butler’s knee injury pic.twitter.com/hrQTHLKrfn
— Warriors on NBCS (@NBCSWarriors) December 3, 2025
Butler had come into the night with averages of 20.2 points, 5.7 rebounds, 5.2 assists and 1.6 steals per contest while shooting 52.7% from the field and 43.6% from three-point range.
He is in his first full season playing for Golden State.
Via @HouseOfJordans (before the game): “jimmy butler, in his age 36 season — 6th in BPM 7th in PER his net rating swing is +18.3 the warriors have a net rating of +8.4 when he’s on the floor, and -9.9 when he’s off (garbage time removed) he’s shooting 43.6% from three, averaging 20-6-5-2 in 32 MPG”
Fought to the final buzzer. pic.twitter.com/q3fSdDF9At
— Golden State Warriors (@warriors) December 3, 2025
The Warriors are 5-5 over their last ten games (and 7-3 at home).
Following the Thunder, they will play their next game on Thursday night when they visit Tyrese Maxey and the Philadelphia 76ers at the Wells Fargo Center.
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As for the Thunder, they improved to 21-1 in 22 games, which has them as the first seed in the Western Confernece.
They have won 13 games in a row.
Following Golden State, the Thunder will continue action on Friday night when they host the Dallas Mavericks.
