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.

Warriors star Jimmy Butler is out for Game 3 of Golden State’s first-round playoff series against Houston with his status still unclear after injuring his pelvis and suffering a deep gluteal muscle contusion in a hard fall during Game 2.