For a moment Friday night, Chicago Bulls fans saw their team’s season flash before their eyes.
Bulls star Jimmy Butler aggressively went up for a shot with just over a minute remaining in the first half of Chicago’s game against the Denver Nuggets, and he suffered a scary-looking knee injury on his way down.
Jimmy Butler goes down hard. pic.twitter.com/BWiTpNFH1M
— ✶ Ⓜ️𝕒𝕣𝕔𝕦𝕤 ▶️ ✶ (@_MarcusD_) February 6, 2016
Somehow, Butler actually stayed in the game to shoot his free throws. Then he went back to the wheelchair and was carted off the court.
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Jimmy Butler being carted away pic.twitter.com/oKeWIWYcZG
— ✶ Ⓜ️𝕒𝕣𝕔𝕦𝕤 ▶️ ✶ (@_MarcusD_) February 6, 2016
The Bulls announced Butler suffered a left knee sprain, and CSN Chicago’s Vincent Goodwill tweeted that the Bulls star was smiling after having X-rays.
Butler emerged from x-ray room smiling with Gasol, a large wrap on his left knee. Limping to the locker room
— Vincent Goodwill (@VinceGoodwill) February 6, 2016
Thumbnail photo via Isaiah J. Downing/USA TODAY Sports Images
