LOS ANGELES -- Golden State Warriors star forward Jimmy Butler III suffered a left forearm strain, the team announced Friday.
Butler was injured in the third quarter of Thursday night's 123-116 win over the Los Angeles Lakers. He is listed as questionable for Friday night's game against the Denver Nuggets.
Butler was able to return and play the entire fourth quarter and finished with 11 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists and 3 steals. His return in the fourth quarter helped the Warriors close out their fourth consecutive win, as he scored seven of his 11 points in the final 12 minutes.
"Part of the game [is] getting nicked up a little bit," Butler said after Thursday's game. "I hope that I'm going to be all right, though, so we'll see tomorrow."
"Jimmy's tough as hell, and we needed him to come back in to close that game up," Golden State power forward Draymond Green said Thursday night. "He came back, and he was exactly who he's been and who we needed him to be."
Stephen Curry, who has been playing with a pelvic contusion that cost him two games recently, took a fall on his tailbone Thursday night but shook off the injury and finished with 37 points.
Curry said that he should be fine and that the bigger issue is wearing a protective pad on his back, which he expects he'll have to do for the remainder of the Warriors' season.
Curry is also questionable for Friday night's home game against the Nuggets.
The Warriors (45-31) are in fifth place in the Western Conference standings, but 1½ games back of third-place Denver with six games remaining in the season.