Warriors star Jimmy Butler is helped off the court after injuring his right knee Monday night.
Golden State Warriors forward Jimmy Butler III will miss the rest of the season with a torn right anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) and undergo surgery at a to-be-determined date, the team announced Tuesday.
Jimmy Butler III will miss the remainder of the 2025-26 season with a torn right anterior cruciate ligament (ACL).
Jimmy will undergo surgery at a to-be-determined date. pic.twitter.com/UB7K7MmNoV
— Golden State Warriors (@warriors) January 20, 2026
Butler was helped off the court with a right knee injury during the third quarter of Monday’s game against the Miami Heat, his former team.
The six-time All-Star was hurt moments after catching a pass in the paint when he went down hard and awkwardly following a collision with the Heat’s Davion Mitchell — who was called for a foul.
Butler’s knee buckled upon his landing and he grimaced and grabbed at his knee while down for a couple of minutes. He needed teammates Gary Payton II and Buddy Hield to escort him off the court and to the locker room after the fall on the Warriors’ offensive end. When he finally got up with assistance, he was unable to put any pressure on his knee.
Jimmy Butler had to be helped to the locker room after appearing to injury his knee pic.twitter.com/sOSpAxbbAP
— Warriors on NBCS (@NBCSWarriors) January 20, 2026
“It’s something you hadn’t seen before, usually you expect him get up and even if he can’t finish the game just get off the sideline. I just told him to take his time and figure out what he needed in that moment,” Stephen Curry said.
“It’s kind of funny he was still cracking jokes over there while he was on the ground in true Jimmy fashion. He’s always going to have a good time no matter the situation is. I do love that perspective and that part of his personality, even in the worst of moment he’s still having a good time. He was trying to get to the free-throw line, he said it was two shots.”
In just under 21 minutes, Butler had 17 points on 6-for-11 shooting, four assists and three rebounds. He is Golden State’s second-leading scorer behind Curry, having averaged 20.1 points, 5.6 rebounds and 4.9 assists entering the week.
“He’s an alpha. He’s one of those guys in the league who everybody else in the gym knows that’s the guy,” Kerr said. “He has that presence but he also has that game where we can play through him possession after possession. So, assuming we’ll be without him for a little bit, we’re going to miss him, we’ve got a lot of players who can play and we’re showing our depth right now. We’ll just wait for the news to figure out what’s next.”
Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.
