But, a closer slo-mo replay revealed that Green was simply trying to box out Thompson in the paint. Thompson appeared to get his feet tangled up in the sea of legs and ended up barreling forward and crashing into Butler inadvertently.

They fell behind early before they got a dose of bad fortune. Jimmy Butler, their big midseason acquisition who turned things around for them, took a nasty spill while trying to grab a defensive rebound. He was undercut by Rockets forward Amen Thompson and looked to be in pain afterward.