The Golden State Warriors are looking to take control of their first-round series against the Houston Rockets on Wednesday night after stealing Game 1, but that task quickly got much tougher.

With the Rockets holding a first-quarter lead, Warriors star Jimmy Butler went up for a rebound and got undercut by Amen Thompson before landing extremely hard on his tailbone area.

Butler stayed in the game to shoot his free throws for the foul that as called before checking out of the game. The midseason acquisition didn't even sit on the bench, instead opting to gingerly limp back to the locker room for further evaluation. It didn't take long for the Warriors to make the final decision on Butler, who is now out for the rest of the game with a pelvic contusion.

The Golden State star is clearly dealing with something relatively serious given the lack of time needed to evaluate him before ruling him out. Now, Butler will undergo an MRI on Wednesday to determine the severity of the injury and get a more accurate timetable for when he will be able to return, according to Anthony Slater of The Athletic.

“MRI expected tomorrow for Jimmy Butler, per source,” Slater reported on X, formerly Twitter. “Warriors have dealt with a couple of these pelvic contusions recently after similar falls from Steph Curry and Jonathan Kuminga. Curry missed two games. Kuminga missed one. Then it became a pain management issue.”

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Butler is one of the toughest players in the league, so there's no question that he will try to play through injury in the playoffs not matter what. However, he was clearly in a ton of pain after this scary moment in Houston.

The Warriors really can't afford to lose Butler for any extended amount of time considering their lack of depth and players that Steve Kerr can really rely on in a playoff series. Starting guard Brandin Podziemski also popped up on the injury report on Wednesday with an illness. After missing most of the first half back in the locker room, Podziemski is back in the game in the third quarter to try to get the Warriors back in it.

With both Butler and Podziemski out of the game, Kerr was forced to turn to Jonathan Kuminga for some key minutes as the Warriors try to get back in the game.

Kuminga's role on the team has been a major talking point of late after he was benched by Kerr late in the season. He last saw game action on April 11, but Golden State needs him to come up big if Butler is forced to miss extended time.