Amen Thompson's dirty move on Jimmy Butler puts the Warriors in a tough spot

There is no single flaw in Houston Rockets' victory over Golden State Warriors yesterday in the second game of the first round of playoffs. A resounding victory displaying superiority. However, the blame falls on the referees: Amen Thompson should have been ejected after a dangerous foul on Jimmy Butler that ended up injuring him.

We cannot know if Thompson committed the mentioned foul intentionally or not, but it doesn't matter: he launched himself at Jimmy while he was in the air, destabilized him, and made him fall in a very dangerous position. These are the types of dangerous fouls that should be punished with ejection if we want to prevent them. That simple. Without dramatizing the action, there is only one way to describe it: a dirty move.

Now we will see if Jimmy avoids injury and can continue playing, or if Thompson's action deprives us of a matchup that was looking very promising. The game yesterday lost significance once Butler stopped playing after 8 minutes. Jalen Green had a beastly performance with 38 points.

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