Jimmy Butler Leaves Court In Wheelchair After Suffering Knee Injury (Video)

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

— ⓂarcusD (@_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.

Jimmy Butler gets OUT OF THE WHEEL CHAIR to shoot his free throws ?????? pic.twitter.com/k1ZvBbX8xu

— Rob Perezingis (@World_Wide_Wob) February 6, 2016

Jimmy Butler being carted away pic.twitter.com/oKeWIWYcZG

— ⓂarcusD (@_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 (@vgoodwill) February 6, 2016

Thumbnail photo via Isaiah J. Downing/USA TODAY Sports Images