The Golden State Warriors' chances at taking a commanding 2-0 lead over the Houston Rockets in their first-round series took a significant hit in the first half of Wednesday's Game 2 when Jimmy Butler suffered an injury on a hard fall.

However, Game 2 between the Warriors and Rockets turned in the first quarter when Amen Thompson took out the legs of an airborne Jimmy Butler and sent him to the ground with a nasty fall. Butler left after taking his free throws but did not return due to a pelvic contusion.

This the situation in which the Golden State Warriors find themselves, having dropped Game 2 to the Houston Rockets, 109-94, on Wednesday and facing the possibility of having to move forward in this series without Jimmy Butler,

Worst point differential suffered in a sweep in NBA history is -101. Thunder have already outscored the Grizzlies by 70 points through 2 games. So, this could get up there!

After the Oklahoma City Thunder went up 2-0 on the Memphis Grizzlies, all the eighth seed can do is hope they can get some homecourt luck. Not only did the Thunder win Games 1 and 2, but they also convincingly won them.

The Memphis Grizzlies came into Game 2 trying to respond to a historic beatdown. Instead, they ran into the same problem: the Thunder don’t flinch. Behind 27 points from Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and a suffocating defensive start,